The Fallacies of Neoliberal Protest
This post is an amended version of remarks read at a rally organized by Cornell University’s Black Students United (BSU)
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Black Protest
Black Journalist T. Thomas Fortune Prophetically Predicts Today’s Political Climate
Civil rights activist and journalist T. Thomas Fortune was one of the most eloquent and instrumental voices of black America
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A Tale of Two Graffitis: The American Tag and the Brazilian Pixação
In 1970 on the U.S. East Coast, before there were murals or graffiti “pieces,” even before people began experimenting with
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Black Power 50: A New Companion to Schomburg’s Anniversary Exhibit
This post is part of a blog series I am editing, which announces the release of selected new works in African
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The Radical Democracy of the Movement for Black Lives
“Black Lives Matter has cast a strobe-light on contemporary myths of racial progress, arguing correctly that the criminal justice system
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