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Clint Smith’s book reckons with the lies told about American history
The author traveled around the country to understand place and collective memory
Sports
Kevin Garnett recalls the pickup game with Scottie Pippen that proved he could jump to the NBA
Isiah Thomas watched the 18-year-old hold his own against the Chicago Bulls star
Sports
Brian Grant overcame the odds to get to the NBA, but Parkinson’s was a different challenge
In an excerpt from his new book, Grant recounts how he learned he had the disease
Sports
New book tells the story of Glenn Burke, the first openly gay player in MLB
His Dodgers teammates were slow to recognize signs that were obvious to others
Sports
The white media missed the significance of Jackie Robinson
Major League Baseball could not have maintained the color line without the aid of white sportswriters
Culture
In ‘The Dead Are Arising,’ Malcolm X’s spirit is still very much alive
Tamara Payne talks about the award-winning biography she wrote with her father
Culture
Eric Jerome Dickey’s novels told our stories
His bestsellers gave Black readers connection and community
Sports
Behind John Thompson’s closed-door meeting with drug kingpin Rayful Edmond III
In his new autobiography, the coach describes the famous meeting and the threat to Georgetown’s basketball program
Culture
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