Search Results for: Black Radical Tradition

Black Leaders in Academia: An Interview with Karsonya Wise Whitehead

October 5, 2016October 4, 2016 Chris Cameron #blackleadersseries, Black Leaders, Professional Development

Today I continue an interview series on black leaders in academia. The interviews will take place once a month and

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Black Journalist T. Thomas Fortune Prophetically Predicts Today’s Political Climate

September 24, 2016September 21, 2016 Shawn Leigh Alexander black politics, Donald Trump, Politics, T. Thomas Fortune, Trumpism

Civil rights activist and journalist T. Thomas Fortune was one of the most eloquent and instrumental voices of black America

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The Radical Democracy of the Movement for Black Lives

September 18, 2016September 13, 2016 Peniel Joseph #BlackLivesMatter, #ScholarsRespond, black lives matter, Black Lives Matter Forum, M4BL

“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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Black Lives Matter: A Legacy of Black Power Protest

September 15, 2016September 13, 2016 Hasan Kwame Jeffries #BlackLivesMatter, #ScholarsRespond, Black Lives Matter Forum, Black Panther Party, M4BL, Policy Demands

 “The demands made by The Movement for Black Lives makes clear that what has been occurring of late is, without

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Framing a Transformative Vision for Black Lives

September 14, 2016September 13, 2016 Clarence Lang #BlackLivesMatter, #ScholarsRespond, Black Lives Matter Forum, M4BL, Policy Demands

“It has been precisely the audacity of this movement framing, and the resilience of the black radical imaginary, that has

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