Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is assistant professor of African-American Studies at Princeton University.
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor talks to Adam Shatz about the intellectual and historical background to the Black Lives Matter movement, and why she’s optimistic that the current protests might bring change.
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