| Black Agenda Report

Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Starving Black Schools and Scapegoating Communities
02 Jul 2019
Although many urban school districts are returning to local control following state takeovers, these Black and brown schools remain underfunded, said Jeff Bryant, senior correspond
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
White Kids Need Help to Become Anti-Racists
24 Jun 2019
Many Black families teach their kids about race and racism, but “white families don’t do that,” said Jennifer Harvey, a professor at Drake University and author of “Raising White K
Tongo Eisen-Martin
Collateral White Skin
12 Jun 2019
Whiteness is practiced, not as a privilege, but rather a deputization.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Maryann Erigha’s “Hollywood Jim Crow”
29 May 2019
White supremacy in Hollywood operates on the premise that Black movies, directors, and stars are “unbankable”—or not profitable.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Black Church Complicit in Marking Black Females as Hypersexual
27 May 2019
The Black church has preserved and fostered slavery-based views of Black female sexuality, causing Black women and girls to be labeled as “Jezebels,” said Tamura Lomax, author of
Earl Hazell
MJ/Kelly, Wynton/West: Tour Guides of the House of Peter Pan
22 May 2019
An opera singer and artistic director sees the Black male genius as a window to America’s dark side.
Dave Tell
How Poverty is Reshaping the Story of Emmett Till’s Murder
22 May 2019
Scholars continue to debate what, exactly, happened to Emmett Till, but a poor Black town is betting its future on one version of the story.
Adam Tomes
Los Angeles: City of Segregation
22 May 2019
Only white Americans have the freedom to use their wealth to buy a home wherever they like, and they use that freedom to isolate themselves from others.
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Book Review: The Man-Not: Race, Class, Genre and the Dilemmas of Black Manhood
15 May 2019
The vulnerability of Black men and boys in the U.S.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Renisa Mawani’s “Across Oceans of Law”
15 May 2019
The mass deaths along the Mediterranean are part of a much longer colonial history of maritime security aimed at protecting the freedom of (European) mobility.