Search Results for: black studies

Confronting Data Capitalism: An Interview with Grassroots Organizer Tamika Blu

September 26, 2019September 23, 2019 Ajamu Amiri Dillahunt #BlackOrganizingToday, Activism, black lives matter, black politics, black protest, black radical tradition, Black radicalism, capitalism, police brutality, Resistance

This post is part of our Black Organizing Today Series. This series, edited by Ajamu Amiri Dillahunt, consists of interviews highlighting

Read more

The Centrality of Whiteness in Modern Sports

September 25, 2019September 17, 2019 Jermaine Scott culture, Gender, masculinity, race, sports, white supremacy

Modern sport is racial. This statement has become obvious with the recent protests in the NFL, NBA, and WNBA around

Read more

Remaking a Life: A New Book about How Women Living with HIV/AIDS Confront Inequality

September 20, 2019September 10, 2019 J. T. Roane Activism, black politics, Black women, Gender, HIV-AIDS, oral history, Resistance

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

Read more

Race and the Paradoxes of the Night

September 16, 2019September 8, 2019 Celeste Henery criminal justice system, environment, race, racism, urban history, white supremacy

In 2001, John Bortle, an experienced, American amateur astronomer, created a scale to measure the darkness of a night’s sky.

Read more

Stop Killer Cops: Police Brutality, Mass Incarceration, and the Liberal Establishment

September 4, 2019August 31, 2019 AAIHS Editors Activism, Los Angeles, New York, organizing, police violence, policing, racism, urban history, violence

Conversations in Black Freedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated

Read more