“As the Supreme Court looks ready to strike down affirmative action in college admissions, it’s my belief that unlike the court’s conservative majority, Johnson understood that the U.S. could not serve as a moral leader around the world if it did not acknowledge its past of racial injustices and try to make amends,” Travis Knoll writes.
Travis Knoll
Travis Knoll is an adjunct professor of history at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte. He received his doctorate in history with a focus on Latin America from Duke University in 2022. Knoll's research examines links between racial justice policy and religious civil society organizations in the formation of international progressive organizations.