{"id":47326,"date":"2023-09-14T12:21:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T19:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/?post_type=speaker&#038;p=47326"},"modified":"2025-09-23T10:52:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T17:52:28","slug":"luther-adams","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/speaker\/luther-adams\/","title":{"rendered":"Luther Adams &#8211; Free Man of Color"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Luther Adams \u2013 Free Man of Color<\/strong> (he\/him) is an associate professor of ethnic, gender, and labor studies at the University of Washington, Tacoma. As a student and teacher of Black history and culture, his work brings together the interdisciplinary study of urban, southern, labor, and religious history to understand Black culture and life. 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