“Thinking Black” Against the Carceral State: Angela Davis and Prisoner Defense Campaigns
The stirring directive sounded like the denouement of a legal thriller: “I am going to ask you, if you will,
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Fugitivity, Refusal, and Visual Captivity: A Review of Tina Campt’s Listening to Images
I will never forget the unnerving feeling that washed over me when I first saw Sandra Bland’s mug shot circulating
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A Reverence for Hope: On Struggle, Faith, and Persistence
“Poetry is not a luxury.” — Audre Lorde America horrifies me. Its savagery and vulgarity. Its appetite for racial terror.
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Colorism as Racism: Garvey, Du Bois and the Other Color Line
One hundred years ago this month, Marcus Mosiah Garvey and thirteen associates gathered in a Harlem basement to found the
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The History and Significance of Kente Cloth in the Black Diaspora
This spring thousands of college students will march across commencement stages to receive their degrees. Many of these students will
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