Randall Kennedy

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  • 2002. Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word . ISBN   9780375421723
  • 2003. Interracial Intimacies: Sex, Marriage, Identity and Adoption. ISBN   9780375702648
  • 2008. Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal. ISBN   9780375425431
  • 2011. The Persistence of the Color Line: Racial Politics and the Obama Presidency. ISBN   9780307455550
  • 2013. For Discrimination: Race, Affirmative Action, and the Law. ISBN   9780307949363
  • 2021. Say It Loud! On Race, Law, History, and Culture. ISBN   9780593316047
  • Awards

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    References

    1. Randall Kennedy. Department of African American Studies Faculty Page
    2. Randall Kennedy: "How will blacks react if Obama loses?" Dallas Morning News.
    3. Kennedy, Randall Le Roy (1977). "Richard Hofstadter: The Historian as Social Critic".
    4. "Randall Kennedy". Nexus Specials. May 2017. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
    5. Biographical sketch of Randall Kennedy.Civil War Literature Archived 2008-12-20 at the Wayback Machine
    6. "Randall L. Kennedy". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
    7. "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
    8. 1 2 Galston, William A., and David T. Wasserman (Spring 1997). "Color-Blind Justise?"[sic] The Wilson Quarterly, p. 100.
    9. Lawrence Donegan, "The battle of the N-word", The Guardian, 20 January 2002.
    10. Kennedy, Randall L. (15 February 2024). "Free Speech Aids Racial Justice. Activists Must Defend It". Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
    11. Taylor, Charles (2002-01-22). "The N word". Salon.com . Retrieved 2013-07-12.
    12. Daniel Smith, "That Word: Interview of Randall Kennedy". The Atlantic, January 17, 2002.
    13. Bernard, Emily, "Interracial Intimacies" (Book Review), Black Issues Book Review, March 1, 2003. Archived January 16, 1999, at the Wayback Machine
    14. Lise Funderburg, "The Essence Dialogue: Who Should Adopt Our Children? Interview with Randall Kennedy", Essence Magazine, January 1998.
    15. Bernard. Ibid Archived 1999-01-16 at the Wayback Machine
    16. Darcus Howe, "The prof says it's OK to use 'nigger'. But he's brown, not black", New Statesman, 28 January 2002.
    17. Bell. Ibid
    18. Tuttle, Kathleen. Interview with Randall Kennedy. Africana, 28 January 2002.
    19. Kennedy, Randall (17 October 2023). Say It Loud!: On Race, Law, History, and Culture. Pantheon Books. pp. 151–152. ISBN   9780593316047 . Retrieved 24 February 2024.
    20. Kennedy, Randall (17 October 2023). Say It Loud!: On Race, Law, History, and Culture. Pantheon Books. p. 444. ISBN   9780593316047 . Retrieved 24 February 2024.
    21. Kennedy, Randall (17 October 2023). Say It Loud!: On Race, Law, History, and Culture. Pantheon Books. pp. 302–303. ISBN   9780593316047 . Retrieved 24 February 2024.
    22. "Agree to Disagree: Slavery Reparations?". IQ2US Debates. 2021-03-12. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
    23. Regan Goode. The Way We Live Now: Questions for Randall Kennedy; Color Dynamics. The New York Times. 2-9-03.
    24. Smith. Ibid
    25. "Law scholar Randall Kennedy named Baccalaureate speaker". Princeton University. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
    26. NCAC. "Board of Directors & Council of Advisors". National Coalition Against Censorship. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
    27. "Yvedt Love Matory". Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
    28. "Rhodes Scholar Database - Rhodes Trust". Rhodes House - Home of The Rhodes Scholarships. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
    29. "Two scholars to receive honorary degrees at UChicago's 2024 Convocation". University of Chicago News. 4 January 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-02.

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    Randall L. Kennedy
    Randall Kennedy at The Nexus Institute.jpg
    Kennedy in 2016
    Born
    Randall LeRoy Kennedy

    (1954-09-10) September 10, 1954 (age 70)
    OccupationLaw professor
    Spouse
    Yvedt Matory
    (m. 1986;died 2005)
    Academic background
    Education Princeton University (BA)
    Balliol College, Oxford
    Yale University (JD)