Editors’ Introduction

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Editorial| October 01 2022 Editors’ Introduction Andra Gillespie, Andra Gillespie Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Pearl Dowe Pearl Dowe Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar National Review of Black Politics (2022) 3 (3-4): 61. https://doi.org/10.1525/nrbp.2022.3.3-4.61 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Andra Gillespie, Pearl Dowe; Editors’ Introduction. National Review of Black Politics 1 October 2022; 3 (3-4): 61. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/nrbp.2022.3.3-4.61 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentNational Review of Black Politics Search This issue of NRBP highlights the breadth and depth of Black politics scholarship and methodological diversity generally. Each of the articles in this issue is important, and we hope that you cite these authors liberally. The first article is a political theory article written by Desirée Melonas. Here, she uses the work of James Baldwin to challenge the theodicy of white supremacy and to rebuff critiques of Black protest that charge Blacks with losing their composure. What she proposes is a robust repudiation of the notion of unchallenged white perfection to center Black critiques of systemic racism and to justify Black anger. It is a provocative piece. I encourage everyone to read and cite it. The next article, by Albert Samuels, weaves American political thought with American political development to examine the dismantling of voting rights in the United States. Samuels argues that the US Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby... You do not currently have access to this content.