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Karsonya Wise Whitehead
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Karsonya “Kaye” Wise Whitehead is an American historian, professor, author, radio host, and documentary filmmaker. Her work focuses on African American history, Black women’s history, public memory, education, race, gender, and contemporary Black life. She is a professor of Communication and African and African American Studies at Loyola University Maryland and the founder and executive director of the Karson Institute for Race, Peace & Social Justice.
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