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Keneshia Grant, Ph.D.

@keneshiagrant

Author of The Great Migration and the Democratic Party: Black Voters and the Realignment of American Politics in the 20th Century

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Episode 4 of Great Migrations: A People on the Move chronicles the journeys of African and Caribbean immigrants throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. It explores their paths to the United States, their significant contributions to the nation’s economy and culture, and how…

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I'm teaching a research class for first-year honors students in political science. I set an audacious goal for them to write a short literature review. When I tell you some of them are clearing these hurdles with ease!

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Florida A&M university Board of trustees is set to vote on a new president this week. One finalist is being shoehorned in even though many have pointed out her lack of qualifications. If the Board of trustees is going to seriously consider one underqualified candidate then they

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"Keepers of the Flame" FAMU alumni group plans boycott to oppose Marva Johnson as university president wtxl.com/college-town/k…

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The book has footnotes *and* the author is citing to specific pages in other texts where they got their ideas. Not because they used a direct quote, but because they are a scholar's scholar...

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"Is it right? Is it in order? Does it make sense?" -Jeff Stonecash (who will be in my head whenever I am writing for the rest of my life)

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There is also Kristi Andersen's gentle guidance that my trying to "sound smart" was actually making me sound dumb. "The strength of the idea should carry the work," she said. Simple advice from a random day in our writing seminar that is still with me every day.

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I want the record to reflect that the aircraft moving around Washington, DC seems lower and louder over the past five months than it ever was in my previous 11 years living here...