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John A. Kirk

H-index: 10
Political science 40%
Sociology 26%
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This week I am taking Arkansas history on the road from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock to Turun yliopisto - University of Turku in Finland for the 2025 Nordic Association of American Studies conference 🇺🇸🇫🇮 #NAASpriations #NAASpirations2025
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“I think that if anyone who never lived through what we [the Little Rock Nine] lived through and need to understand what it was like, they can look at January 6,” said [Carlotta] Walls Lanier, 82. “I see the two being equal, 23 September 1957 and 6 January 2021.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
‘There’s quite a similarity’: US civil rights pioneers warn of ‘surge backwards’ under Trump
They faced violence and racism as they fought on the frontlines for justice and equality. Now Trump is reversing the progress they toiled for
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Pick up a multi-award-winning book if you are out Christmas shopping this weekend.

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