Search Results for: black studies

Does Fear of Black Men Satisfy the “Objective Reasonableness” Standard?

September 22, 2016September 21, 2016 Brian Purnell police brutality, police violence

Another video. Another police shooting. Another Black person’s body dead on an American road. Every person is innocent until proven

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The Mundane and Extraordinary Aspects of Black Women’s History: An Interview with Kali Nicole Gross

September 20, 2016September 20, 2016 Ashley Farmer Black women, black women scholars, reconstruction

This month I interviewed Kali Nicole Gross about her new book, Hannah Mary Tabbs and the Disembodied Torso (Oxford University Press, 2016). Dr. Gross is

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Black Power 50: A New Companion to Schomburg’s Anniversary Exhibit

September 20, 2016September 20, 2016 Ibram X. Kendi Black Power, Black Power Studies

This post is part of a blog series I am editing, which announces the release of selected new works in African

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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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Policy and Possibility in the Movement for Black Lives Platform

September 17, 2016September 13, 2016 Matthew F. Delmont #BlackLivesMatter, #ScholarsRespond, black lives matter, Black Lives Matter Forum, M4BL, Policy Demands

“A sense of possibility flows throughout these policy briefs and show that activists in the current black freedom struggle are

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