The Life and Legacy of Nellie Y. McKay: An Interview with Shanna G. Benjamin
In today’s post, Tyler D. Parry, the senior editor of Black Perspectives and Vice President of AAIHS, interviews Shanna G.
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literature
Fire Suppression, the Carceral State, and Black Ecological Knowledge
As I write, major wildfires burn in the state of California. A mixture of droughts, human-altered landscapes, dense vegetation, and
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“Report from the Bahamas”: The Legacies of Colonialism and White Supremacy
*This post is part of our series on Black Ecologies edited by Justin Hosbey, Leah Kaplan, & J.T. Roane. Thirty-eight years
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The Bond of Live Things Everywhere: What Black Nature Might Look Like
*This post is part of our new series on Black Ecologies edited by Justin Hosbey, Leah Kaplan, & J.T. Roane. What does
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Black Theater History is Still Radical
*This post is part of our joint online roundtable with The Journal of Civil and Human Rights on Kate Dossett’s Radical Black Theatre in The
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