I always incorporate into my lectures the voices of everyday people and people long excluded from the American narrative,

Been in the Storm So Long: The Aftermath of Slavery.

What he did was to demonstrate to a very skeptical and rather sometimes indifferent profession ... that the history of black Americans was a legitimate field for scholarly inquiry and investigation.

I would compare him to Carter Woodson and W.E.B. Du Bois,

Fortunately we were not hit, but there was a lot of volatility. People are understandably and justifiably angry.

I knew Shanahan would be ready. I know for a fact that in this league people are going to come to play.