George Derek MusgroveGEORGE DEREK MUSGROVE is an associate professor of history at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He is the author of Rumor, Repression, and Racial Politics: How the Harassment of Black Elected Officials Shaped Post-Civil Rights America<i> (Georgia) and coauthor, with Chris Myers Asch, of Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation’s Capital. Read More Read Less