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Harry Allen

Visiting Scholar 2025-2026 Non-Resident Fellow, W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute, Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, Harvard University
The trailblazers in human, academic, scientific and religious freedom have always been in the minority… It will take such a small committed minority to work unrelentingly to win the uncommitted majority. Such a group may transform America’s greatest dilemma into her most glorious opportunity.
— Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Background

New Yorker, by birth. Journalist for over 35 years, predominantly focused on hip-hop culture. Switched to research in 2015.

Interests

Hip-hop, esp. turntablism; race.

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