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'The Devil You Know': Charles M. Blow on a Black Power Manifesto

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Author Charles M. Blow and his new book The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto
 (Courtesy Beowulf Sheehan)

“Seize it. Migrate. Move.” This is the crux of journalist and New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow’s newest book, “The Devil you Know: A Black Power Manifesto.” He argues that the Great Migration of Blacks from the rural South to Northern urban centers did not deliver on improved social and economic conditions, and that the fastest way to fight systemic anti-Black racism is for Blacks to migrate to the South, where they can more easily consolidate their political power.  Blow has taken his advice to heart and moved from New York to Atlanta. We’ll hear from Blow about his book and learn how a reverse migration could move progressive policies, like reparations and criminal justice reform, forward.

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Charles M. Blow, op-ed columnist, New York Times, author "The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto"

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