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Michelle Duster

Michelle Duster teaches at Columbia College Chicago. She is the author of the forthcoming Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells (Atria/One Signal Publishers)

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QUIET, PLEASE

Professor Protested a School’s Racism. Then He Lost His Job.

Garrett Felber was an often outspoken critic of the University of Mississippi, where he was also a well-respected teacher, until suddenly things went south.

Michelle Duster

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