Anthony Heilbut / TruthdigMar 21, 2008
What accounts for the strange need of some white scholars -- from the plantation nostalgists of the late 1890s to the "Blues Mafia" of the 1960s -- to honor African-American culture by trying to save black people from themselves? Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )
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