David Stein “Trumpism and the Magnitude of Mass Incarceration”
Read “Trumpism and the Magnitude of Mass Incarceration” by Professor David Stein HERE
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Shana Redmond “Refusing to Sing or Stand: The Anthem as an Opportunity for Resistance”
Read Shana Redmond’s inspiring and trenchant essay for Truthout on the politics of anthems and our relationship to them in the context of hypernationalism and struggles for justice. http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/39425-refusing-to-sing-or-stand-the-anthem-as-an-opportunity-for-resistance Refusing to Sing or Stand: The Anthem as an Opportunity for Resistance
Shana Redmond’s most recent essay in the Massachusetts Review “’And You Know Who I Am’: Paul Robeston Sings America”
Shana Redmond’s most recent essay in the Massachusetts Review “’And You Know Who I Am’: Paul Robeston Sings America“ A passage from the essay… “As the contemporary moment continues to broadcast, “The Star Spangled Banner” is ill-equipped to engage or reflect the complexities of a citizenship like Robeson’s—a curious citizenship that remembers. For Black communities who live […]
Aisha Finch’s “Rethinking Slave Rebellion in Cuba: La Escalera and the Insurgencies of 1841-1844” one of three finalists for the Gilder Lehrman Center’s Frederick Douglass book prize
Aisha Finch’s masterful book, Rethinking Slave Rebellion in Cuba: La Escalera and the Insurgencies of 1841-1844 (University of North Carolina Press), is one of three finalists for the Gilder Lehrman Center’s Frederick Douglass book prize. The winner will be announced in the fall, and the award will be presented at a celebration in New York City in February […]
“The Sociology of Urban Black America” co-authored by Marcus Hunter and Zandria F. Robinson
Professor Marcus Hunter co-authored with Professor Zandria F. Robinson an astonishing review essay titled, “The Sociology of Urban Black America.” The essay is in the Annual Review of Sociology. Click below to read the essay! “The Sociology of Urban Black America”
Sarah Haley’s “No Mercy Here: Gender, Punishment, and the Making of Jim Crow Modernity” is this year’s recipient of the Sara A. Whaley Prize from the National Women’s Studies Association.
Professor Sarah Haley’s groundbreaking book, No Mercy Here: Gender, Punishment, and the Making of Jim Crow Modernity (University of North Carolina Press, 2016), is this year’s recipient of the Sara A. Whaley Prize from the National Women’s Studies Association. The Whaley Prize is a prestigious and much coveted award given to the best book in any field […]
Bryonn Bain, the recipient of the Aris & Carolyn Anagnos Culture of Liberation Award from the Center for the Study of Political Graphics
We congratulate Bryonn Bain, the recipient of the Aris & Carolyn Anagnos Culture of Liberation Award from the Center for the Study of Political Graphics. Actor, author, and prison activist, Bryonn Bain used his LWB (living while black) arrest in New York to create critically acclaimed LYRICS FROM LOCKDOWN, a one-man hip hop theater experience […]
Cedric J. Robinson: the Making of a Black Radical Intellectual by Robin D.G. Kelley
Robin D.G. Kelley on Cedric J. Robinson’s “Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition.” Cedric J. Robinson: the Making of a Black Radical Intellectual by Robin D.G. Kelley
Remembering Fred Ho The Legacy of Afro Asian Futurism by Zachary Price
Zachary Price is currently a Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow at UCLA in the Department of African American Studies. He works at the intersection of performance studies, black studies, film studies, and ethnography, drawing from his experience as a playwright, actor, educator, martial arts practitioner, and cultural producer. His book project, “Fists of Freedom: Performing, Asian Martial […]
