Judson L. Jeffries is professor of African American and African studies at The Ohio State University-Columbus. He is editor or author of numerous books, including Huey P. Newton: The Radical Theorist and On the Ground: The Black Panther Party in Communities across America, and coeditor (with Shannon M. Cochran and Molly Reinhoudt) of Feel My Big Guitar: Prince and the Sound He Helped Create, all published by University Press of Mississippi.
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