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Kayla Nustad

Review of Carros y Cultura: Lowriding Legacies in Texas at the Bullock Texas State History Museum

September 25, 2024

It’s usual when hearing the word “lowrider” to imagine a car, lifted just barely above the road by wheels with stylized rims, and probably an impressive paint job and hydraulic system. Alongside this meaning, lowrider also refers to an entire culture and community that surrounds the customization and competition of cars, bikes, and anything else […]

Review of The River of No Return: The Autobiography of a Black Militant and the Life and Death of SNCC, by Cleveland Sellers (with Robert Terrell), 1990

October 27, 2023

The life of the American Civil Rights Movement of the mid-twentieth century was chaotic and confusing, and the telling of its history reflects this confusion. Often, the story of the movement is reduced to overly simplified depictions of a few prominent leaders: the righteous and powerful Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the brave and defiant […]

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