Is it going too far to liken the modern-day university to the plantation system of old regarding academia’s exploitation of Black labor and the squelching of student activism by school administrators? Bianca C. Williams, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Critical Psychology, and Women & Gender Studies at CUNY Graduate Center, and Armond R. Towns, Associate Professor […]
Is it going too far to liken the modern-day university to the plantation system of old regarding academia’s exploitation of Black labor and the squelching of student activism by school administrators? Bianca C. Williams, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Critical Psychology, and Women & Gender Studies at CUNY Graduate Center, and Armond R. Towns, Associate Professor […]
There are many Black scholars whose work in the academy is not well known yet provided the intellectual support and underpinning necessary for deep archival research. Lawrence Reddick was one such man, having been the second curator of the Schomburg Collection at the New York Public Library, among other accomplishments. Left of Black host and […]
What happens to our youth if the normal and typical responses of teenage angst are heavily policed with high punitive consequences, even leading to death as we saw with the murder of Tamir Rice and other Black & brown adolescents? What does it mean to have a dominant police presence in our schools that are […]
When you think of Langston Hughes, does Charles Mingus come immediately to mind? What music do you hear when you think of the words of Amiri Baraka? Poetry and music have long commingled to produced provocative and innovative pairings in the Black Arts era. Vanderbilt University Professor Anthony Reed joins Left of Black host and […]
It is the tireless voice of protest, activism, and outrage that enacts real change to make society better for all and especially those who are marginalized and oppressed. It is the tireless voice of protest, activism, and outrage that enacts real change to make society better for all and especially those who are marginalized and […]
Decades of research and scholarship around New World slavery limit the scope of the actions of the enslaved to political resistance while seeking only one goal: freedom. But what if Black life went beyond just the pursuit of liberty in order to encompass broader meaning through creative expression, spirituality, and self-awareness? Dr. Christopher Freeburg joins […]
What have Black satirists been able to show and say about the political, cultural, and social landscape through the use of humor? Dr. Brandon J. Manning, Assistant Professor of Gender & Sexuality / Race & Ethnic Studies at Texas Christian University, joins Left of Black host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal to discuss […]
You cannot comprehensively unpack the history of the Western hemisphere without talking about Haiti and its crucial role in how the colonized world was shaped, especially after their victory over the French for their independence. Is there a disconnection, however, in how Latin American Studies deals with the first Black republic in the world? In […]
Madam C.J. Walker is often lauded for the wealth she accumulated as a self-made entrepreneur in the emerging field of beauty care products for Black women, especially being the daughter of former slaves. In this episode of Left of Black, however, guest Dr. Tyrone McKinley Freeman shines a much-needed light on the philanthropic work of […]