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Afrofuturism in the Classroom

The groundbreaking Approaches to Teaching the Works of Octavia Butler (2019), edited by Tarshia Stanley, features a powerful essay by my colleague

“Somehow, we’ve weathered and witnessed a nation that isn’t broken, but simply unfinished.” -Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb Those

The American metropolis and perceptions of the so-called “urban crisis” have loomed large in previous installments of my Race and

Around 1930, a fifteen-year-old John Henrik Clarke travelled to New York City, New York, anxious to meet Arturo Schomburg at

Anti-blackness, including the violent events our society typically invokes when reflecting on racism, often centers on the violence inflicted on