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2022 Zócalo Book Prize Winner Heather McGhee

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2022 Zócalo Book Prize Heather McGhee | Zocalo Public Square • Arizona State University • Smithsonian

Heather McGhee is the former president and currently a trustee emeritus of Demos, a non-profit progressive U.S. think tank. The 12th annual winner of the Zócalo Book Prize for The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, McGhee joined us in the green room to chat about historical oddities, throwing parties, and Viking women before delivering the 2022 Zócalo Public Square Book Prize lecture.

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| Zocalo Public Square • Arizona State University • Smithsonian

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Announcing the Zócalo 2022 Book Prize Shortlist

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