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Afropessimism’s Contributions to Black Studies

September 4, 2020September 17, 2020 Joseph Winters Afro-pessimism

According to Frank Wilderson, Afropessimism contends that “Blacks are not Human subjects, but are instead structurally inert props, implements for

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The Lasting Influence of the ‘Imprisoned Black Radical Tradition’

August 28, 2020September 1, 2020 Stephen Wilson, Orisanmi Burton, Toussaint Losier et. al. IBRT

*This interview is part of our online forum on ‘The Imprisoned Black Radical Tradition,’ organized by Stephen Wilson and Garrett Felber. The

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Beyoncé’s ‘Black Is King’ and the Pitfalls of African Consciousness

August 18, 2020August 17, 2020 Russell Rickford culture, popular culture

African American imaginings of Africa often intermingle with–and help illuminate–intimate hopes and desires for Black life in the United States.

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The Work of Black Feminism in Europe

August 13, 2020August 14, 2020 Annette Joseph-Gabriel Black Europe

In May 1947, two Martinican women, Yva Lero and Angèle Valery, attended the second congress of the Union of French

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The Everyday Black Life of Abolition

August 5, 2020August 12, 2020 Celeste Winston maroons, policing, Prison Abolition, social justice

The summer of 2020 has seen extraordinary uprisings against policing in the United States. An estimated 15 to 26 million

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