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The struggle for citizenship in historical context

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This last excerpt from the interview is focused on the “boundaries of citizenship.” Early on in this section, Professor Scott makes reference to Édouard Tinchant. It is Tinchant — a participant in the drafting of Lousiana’s Reconstruction-era constitution — whose family history is traced in “Freedom Papers” as a way to illuminate interwined societal struggles over race, rights, and citizenship.

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