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Theodore Hamm is the chair of journalism and new media studies at St. Joseph's College in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. His books include Frederick Douglass in Brooklyn and Bernie’s Brooklyn.

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Sammy Davis Jr. Broke Barriers—Sometimes at His Own Expense

DID IT HIS WAY

In his new book “Dancing Down the Barricades,” author Matthew Frye Jacobson traces the legendary entertainer and Rat Packer’s complicated legacy with Black politics.

Theodore Hamm | Published Feb 11, 2023

Running a Marathon in California’s Most Notorious Prison

RUNNER’S HIGH

Christine Yoo’s hopeful but sobering documentary follows the incarcerated men of San Quentin’s 1000 Mile Club, who train for a 26.2-mile race on prison grounds.

Theodore Hamm | Published Nov 19, 2022

When Jackie Robinson Made History, the Sports Pages Shrugged

DID YOU HEAR?

It may have been the biggest sports story of the century, but you’d never have known it reading the New York City sports pages, let alone the front pages.

Theodore Hamm | Published Apr 09, 2022
opinion

The Crack-Era Cop Who Locked Up the Innocent in NYC

‘Shameful’

Louis Scarcella was celebrated as "one of the best at getting even the worst villains to talk." Now, New York City has been racing to set those “villains” free.

Theodore Hamm | Published Sep 03, 2017

Is Wrong Man Taking Rap for Overturned Murder Conviction?

Watchmen Watching Themselves

For DAs to review their own convictions is, necessarily, an exercise in trust. In Brooklyn, ‘there is a growing concern that the review units are not independent.’

Theodore Hamm | Published Jul 04, 2017
opinion

The Brooklyn Machine vs. the First Amendment

SLAPP

A nursing home operator who says he was defamed in ProPublica is ignoring the publisher with deep pockets and instead taking aim at two freelance investigative reporters.

Theodore Hamm | Published Jun 15, 2017

Frederick Douglass Vs. The White House

Inaugural Flashback

“No man of my race, color or previous condition, had ever attended such a reception, except as a servant or waiter… we found ourselves being conducted through an outside window on a plank for the exit of the visitors.”

Theodore Hamm | Published Jan 01, 2017

How Hillary Helped Ruin Haiti

INTERFERENCE

Much of the blame for Haiti’s chaotic political scene can be pinned on Hillary Clinton’s State Department, whose handpicked president has only made things worse.

Theodore Hamm | Published Apr 13, 2016

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