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Saidiya Hartman, scholar of Black American history and literature, has been appointed to the highest rank of faculty

By Beatrice Shlansky / Staff Photographer

As a literary scholar and cultural historian, Hartman examines the lives of Black Americans through the unrelenting violence—including denied access to health care and education, incarceration, and impoverishment—that has systemically persisted through the emancipation era.

By Valeria Escobar • October 21, 2020 at 3:38 PM

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