Why the invocations of Tubman, the readings of Du Bois, the visits from Hamer?
—
Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
After a while, though, all the professions of sincerity and thanks, the constant invocations of the one true POTUS, and the worshipful exhibits upstairs give the whole place a cultish, nostalgic gleam.
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