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Abayomi Azikiwe, Black Agenda Report Contributor
Malcolm X, Black Nationalism and the Cold War
19 Feb 2025
United States intelligence agencies kept close watch over developments in the African American struggle for freedom, justice, equality and self-determination after the conclusion of the Second…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Edward Onaci’s “Free the Land”
01 Jul 2020
The desire for US citizenship was never the sole consideration of African and African-descended people.
Joshua Cohen and Corey Robin
The Conservative Black Nationalism of Clarence Thomas
02 Oct 2019
Clarence Thomas most often votes alongside other reactionaries on the High Court, but he may be guided by different reasoning.
Garrett Felber
Black Nationalism and Liberation
12 Jun 2019
We would be better served by understanding black nationalism as both liberative and anti-racist.
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Reparations Now? Maybe In Order to Get the Job Done It's Time To Call It Something Else
07 Mar 2019
Reparations? In order to get the job done, maybe it’s time to call it something else.
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Are US Blacks An Internal Colony? Or Is That Just Analysis By Analogy?
01 Dec 2017
Since 1968 or 69, almost 50 years now I’ve been hearing the descendants of Africans in the US described as an “internal colony.” Back in the day it seemed perfectly applicable.
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
What Would A Real Discussion on Reparations Look Like? Have We Ever Had One?
28 Jan 2016
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon What would a serious discussion on reparations look like? Will anybody ever come up with a realistic roadmap to get there, or is reparations talk just that –-…