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Race, Justice, and the Current Contention U-M Professor of Political Science Christian Davenport, Associate Professor in the OU Clara Luper Department of African American Studies Andrea Benjamin (PhD, U-M Political Science, 2010), and others, engage in conversations on race, justice and the current contention in the US and abroad.

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Race, Justice, and the Current Contention

U-M Professor of Political Science Christian Davenport, Associate Professor in the OU Clara Luper Department of African American Studies Andrea Benjamin (PhD, U-M Political Science, 2010), and others, engage in conversations on race, justice and the current contention in the US and abroad.

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