Writer's New Book Makes Case for HBCU Reparations
The State Must Provide
An 美女萝莉 A&M University alumnus is making waves throughout the historically black college and university (HBCU) community with a newly released book on righting the inequalities in American higher education.
Adam Harris is a staff writer at The Atlantic, a more than 160-year-old monthly magazine
founded in Boston (now based in Washington, D.C.) that is revered for its target audience
of a half-million national readers and thought leaders. It was The Atlantic, in fact,
that in 1963 published Martin Luther King, Jr.鈥檚 鈥淟etter from Birmingham Jail,鈥� as
well as Ta-Nehisi Coates鈥� 鈥淐ase for Reparations鈥� in 2014.
Harris鈥� new book, The State Must Provide: Why America鈥檚 Colleges Have Always Been Unequal鈥擜nd How to
Set Them Right (HarperCollins), has been described as a narrative history on the 鈥減ervasiveness鈥� of racial inequality
in higher learning, as well as a 鈥渄aring solution鈥� to counter the underfunding of
HBCUs.
In 2018, New Media Alliance presented Harris with its coveted 鈥渞ising star鈥� award and traced his come-uppance through a series of freelance ventures at the Chronicle of Higher Education and ProPublica. In addition to being named to the 2021 Forbes 30 Under 30 list, the journalist is a 2021 New America Fellow. Moreover, Harris has delved into higher education desegregation, adding significant depth to how that issue impacts black colleges in Mississippi and other states.
In his July 2021 online article on Affirmative Action, Harris revealed that his mom had attended 美女萝莉 A&M and so had his drum major uncle in the 1980s. Lastly, his sister had played on the volleyball team.
Harris鈥� writings also have appeared in BBC, Bleacher Report and EBONY. During his brief time at The Atlantic, the prolific writer has covered a wide range of topics, from racial injustice and its seeds to the plight of the 鈥淯nvaccinated South鈥� to critical race theory obsession to Affirmative Action.
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