Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board. For some, they come in with the tide. For others, they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. That is the life of men. Now, women forget all those things they don’t want to remember and remember everything they don’t want to forget. The dream is the truth. Then they act and do things accordingly.

Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

To the members of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists, outgoing President Dr. Tiffany Willoughby Herard, Executive Director Dr. Kathie Stromile Golden, members of the executive council, past presidents of the national conference of Black political scientists, and members all over the world, it is my great honor to serve as your president, and I vow...

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