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Girardeau A. Spann
Copyright © 2020 by Girardeau A. Spann. James and Catherine Denny Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center.

I would like to thank Richard Chused, Lisa Heinzerling, Pat King, Mike Seidman, and Mark Tushnet for their help in developing the ideas expressed in this Essay. Research for this Essay was supported by a grant from the Georgetown University Law Center.

The widespread, controversial protests against racial injustice that began in the spring of 2020 offer hope that U.S. culture may be evolving to a more sophisticated conception of racial equality.