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James L Conyers, Jr Editor & Author

James L. Conyers, Jr., PhD, is director of the African American studies program, director of the Center for African American Culture, and professor of African American studies at the University of Houston, Houston, TX.

Nancy J. Dawson is an independent scholar of Africana Studies residing in Tennessee.

Julius E. Thompson was professor of history and black studies at the University of Missouri at Columbia.