Search Results for: civil rights era

The Criminalized Majority

July 21, 2017July 24, 2017 Guest Poster Activism, black politics, black radical tradition, mass incarceration, racism

by Dan Berger and David Stein “Everyone should go to jail, say, once every ten years,” opined novelist and poet

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Hatred Without Borders: When White Supremacy Kills White People

June 13, 2017June 16, 2017 Trimiko Melancon Racial Violence, racism, violence, white supremacy

Much has transpired over the past several weeks that makes transparent the extent to which white supremacy and hatred-based violence

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Online Roundtable: Robyn Spencer’s The Revolution Has Come

June 12, 2017July 8, 2017 AAIHS Editors #RevolutionHasCome, Black Panther Party, Black Power

July 10-15, 2017 Black Perspectives is collaborating with the Journal of Civil and Human Rights (JCHR) to host a roundtable on Robyn

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Proposing Your Audience: Writing the Book Proposal

May 13, 2017May 16, 2017 Dan Berger book proposal, Book publishing, publishing, scholarly publishing

My regular contributions to Black Perspectives concern social movements and the carceral state. This month, at the request of the

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“What’s Going On?”: Race, Brutality, and Injustice Since Rodney King

April 5, 2017April 8, 2017 Trimiko Melancon music, police brutality, police violence, Racial Violence, racism, violence

On April 2, 1939, legendary R&B and soul singer Marvin Gaye was born. Known for a body of masterpieces, his

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