1. The Human Rights Enforcement Paradox: Racial Projects and the Making of U.S. Foreign Policy, 1976–1992 • Angela Fillingim, San Francisco State University.

2. A Raceless Archive: From Early Social Science to the FBI • Atiya Husain, Carleton University.

3. The Bricks before Brown: How Courts Construct Race in School Desegregation Cases • Marisela Martinez-Cola, Morehouse College.

4. Gradations of Citizenship, Sovereignty, and Racial Eligibility in U.S. Empire • Katrina Quisumbing King, Northwestern University.