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 […]
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, […]
What Does Black Lives Matter Want?
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
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 […]
Melvin L. Rogers is Scott Waugh Chair in the Division of the Social Sciences and Associate Professor of Political Science and African American Studies at UCLA. In Defense of Civility
“Lyrics from Lockdown” is based on Bryonn Bain’s experiences with the American justice system. The one-man show recently set a record for sold out shows at The Actors’ Gang Theater […]
Dr. Scot Brown discusses the Rick James/Prince feud and the importance of music education. Kashi Johnson shows how expression via poetry and hip-hop empowers young black minds. Video can be […]
Melvin Rogers’s response to an op-ed piece that appeared by Randall Kennedy in NYTs. Race and Dignity, Freedom Can’t Be Left to Chance
Professor Jemima Pierre on “Zionism, Anti-Blackness, and the Struggle for Palestine” Zionism, Anti-Blackness, and the Struggle for Palestine
