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Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Huge Teenage Linebackers Can Be Hurt by Racism and Abuse
15 Jun 2020
Black college athletes are emotionally and physically harmed in ways not widely recognized, said Dr.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Rebellion, Confusion, Scoundrels and Kente Cloth
10 Jun 2020
Black rebellion brings insecurity to those in power, as editors, mayors and even long dead criminals are being called to account.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
low Barr Limbo
10 Jun 2020
He so wide you can’t go ‘round him He so low you can’t go under him He so low that when he go High an ant can’t get under him; a rattlesnake’s shake’s
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Douglas Flowe’s “Uncontrollable Blackness”
10 Jun 2020
Black men are besieged by an American crucible uniquely designed for them in the early twentieth century.
Earl Hazell
White Images, Black Reality: How to Talk to the Accidental Apologists for Monsters
10 Jun 2020
The author offers some thoughts on how to deal with white people that seek to dominate Black political discussion on social media.
K. Scott
Ooh La La: Atlanta’s Mayor Keisha and Civil Rights Myths in the Black “Mecca”
10 Jun 2020
Mayor Lance Bottoms brought in troops to occupy her city while claiming that protesters dishonored the memory of MLK.
BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo and Robert Stubblefield
Why Hasn’t Amy Cooper Been Arrested? The Case of Pink Pussy Privilege
03 Jun 2020
While most advocates focus on police abuse of the black community, we must also hold accountable the people who call police and make false claims against black people.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Cornel West Endorses Larry Hamm for Cory Booker Seat in Senate
01 Jun 2020
Larry Hamm, chairman of Newark, New Jersey’s Peoples Organization for Progress, “is one of the most consistent freedom fighters in Newark since the great Amiri Baraka,” said activist and public int
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Biden and the Low Point of Black Politics
27 May 2020
Black folks perform phenomenal feats of mental gymnastics and self-delusion to convince themselves that Joe Biden is on their side.
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
Michael Jordan’s “Last Dance:” A Celebration of the American Nightmare
27 May 2020
Michael Jordan embodies the kind of athlete and Black leader that the U.S. ruling class has gone to great lengths to cultivate.