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bell hooks

bell hooks (1952–2021) was an American author, professor, feminist, and social activist.

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A second roundtable with Eugene Rivers, bell hooks, Randall Kennedy, Regina Austin, and Selwyn Cudjoe, with Margaret Burnham as moderator.

Joshua Cohen, Selwyn Cudjoe, Regina Austin, Margaret A. Burnham, Randall L. Kennedy, bell hooks, Eugene F. Rivers III

A roundtable with bell hooks, Cornel West, and more.

Eugene F. Rivers III, Margaret A. Burnham, Henry Louis Gates, Jr, bell hooks, Glenn C. Loury, Cornel West, Anthony Appiah

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