Black organizing in urban spaces, particularly following The Great Migration onward, has always courted intense scrutiny from the powers-that-be.
Black organizing in urban spaces, particularly following The Great Migration onward, has always courted intense scrutiny from the powers-that-be. What is the incredible history of this important Black self-empowerment in 20th century Philadelphia? Dr. J.T. Roane, the Mellon Assistant Professor of Global Racial Justice, Africana Studies and Geography at Rutger's Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice, joins host Mark Anthony Neal to discuss his new book, "Dark Agoras: Insurgent Black Social Life and the Politics of Place,"