Melissa Harris-Lacewell

Melissa Harris-Lacewell, an associate professor of politics and African-American studies at Princeton University, is completing her latest book, Sister Citizen: A Text for Colored Girls Who’ve Considered Politics When Being Strong Isn’t Enough

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A Right to Life for the Living

Melissa Harris-Lacewell

The Tuskegee Syphilis Study used a black nurse to gain the trust of black men targeted by the study. Georgia's largest antiabortion group, Georgia Right to Life, is employing a similar strategy, using a black outreach coordinator, Catherine Davis, in a predominantly white organization.