1. Empire for Hegemony: Race, Hierarchy and 20th Century US State Building Interventions • Stephen Pampinella, State University of New York at New Paltz.

2. Constructing Racial Liberalism: The Divergent Trajectories of Fair Employment and Fair Housing on the Congressional Agenda, 1933-68 • Kumar Ramanathan, University of Illinois Chicago.

3. Urban Politics with Ethnic Characteristics: Ethnicity, Organizations, and Political Institutions in West Coast Cities, 1880-1910 • Simon Y Shachter, University of Chicago.

4. How Do “Pro-State” Women Behave Politically during anti-State Movements: The Case of the Pro-State Women Activists in Iran during the 2022 Protests • Amirhossein Teimouri, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.