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Shana L. Redmond
Shana L. Redmond is a professor and scholar of African diaspora culture and social movements and the author of Anthem: Social Movements and the Sound of Solidarity in the African Diaspora (NYU Press, 2014). You can follow her on Twitter@ShanaRedmond.
Damien M. Sojoyner is a professor of the public education system, prisons and the construction of Black masculinity. He is currently finishing a book on schools and prisons to be published by the University of Minnesota Press. He can be followed on Twitter @BrotherSojo.