
Zaakir Tameez
@ztameez
UVA ‘19, Yale Law School ‘24
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18-03-2014 00:11:50
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Happy Juneteenth! ✨ Listen to me on the Karen Hunter Show on Charles Sumner, collective liberation & my own background. Karen Hunter 🎊



“There are few who can stand firm like the oak tree against the storm, and now, we may be in a storm and we need oak trees who can stand firm regardless” —Zaakir Tameez joins Karen Hunter for a Juneteenth discussion. #WENisnow #WENpowerment #weWENtogether

|NEW EPISODE| Leadership means standing firm fear or no fear, threat or no threat. Karen Hunter x Zaakir Tameez dive deep into Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation in a 2-part conversation you don’t want to miss. Ep. 138 & 139 |OUT NOW| #WENisnow #WENpowerment #weWENtogether



CHARLES SUMNER by Zaakir Tameez is a landmark biography of Charles Sumner, the unsung hero of the American Civil War and Reconstruction. Henry Holt & Company Macmillan Publishers Learn more in our review! bookreporter.com/reviews/charle…

On #WeThePeoplePodcast, Zaakir Tameez details Charles Sumner’s strong belief in the 13th Amendment giving Congress the power to legislate for human rights for all citizens. Listen now: ow.ly/Y67g50W6yLb



Thank you to Zach Neumann and Community Economic Defense Project for hosting a talk on Charles Sumner!!! He was a movement organizer, a civil rights attorney, and a courageous politician who would’ve been proud of the work that many of us are doing day in & day out today.




Terrific conversation between Jamelle Bouie and Zaakir Tameez. And buy/read ZT's stellar biography of Charles Sumner! nytimes.com/2025/07/05/opi…

This interview of Zaakir Tameez by b-boy bouiebaisse about Charles Sumner is nothing short of amazing. It's one of those #longreads. Bookmark it, if you don't have time right now. gift article link ↓

I hope this flies too. What I like here, even as it was long, is a great conversation with Zaakir Tameez, who wrote a biography of Charles Summer, who did so much for the anti-slavery cause. b-boy bouiebaisse New York Times Opinion The New York Times nytimes.com/2025/07/05/opi…

