Sheryll Cashin is the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law, Civil Rights and Social Justice at Georgetown University. She writes about race, racism and opportunity in America. Her most recent book, Loving: Interracial Intimacy in America and the Threat to White Supremacy, explores the history and future of interracial intimacy. Her book, Place Not Race (2014), was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction in 2015. The Failures of Integration (2004) was an Editors’ Choice in The New York Times Book Review. Cashin is a three-time nominee for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for nonfiction, including for her memoir, The Agitator’s Daughter (2008). She has published widely in academic journals and written commentaries for The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Salon, The Root, and other media. She lives in Washington, D.C., with her family. She is also a visual artist.
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