African America

Justin Hosbey, J.T. Roane
A Totally Different Form of Living: On the Legacies of Displacement and Marronage as Black Ecologies
01 Dec 2021
This is a brief reflection on water, swamps, bayous, wetlands, and Black life in the United States, and the forms of freedom and racialized unfreedom that these ecologies have facilitated.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Rittenhouse and Verdict Mania
23 Nov 2021
Black people give great attention to certain court cases in hopes of receiving justice when the system is designed to be unjust.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
Interview: Queen Mother Moore, Westindian Digest, September 1982
23 Nov 2021
In a 1982 interview, Queen Mother Audley Moore raps on imperialism, neocolonialism, emancipation, and reparations -- and the need for Black people to get in our “right mind” to understand our d
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
Stop Confusing the Fight Against Racism with Neoliberalism
23 Nov 2021
The electoral appeal of anti-Black racism is a constant in the U.S.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Caroline H. Yang’s Book, “The Peculiar Afterlife of Slavery”
23 Nov 2021
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Black Friday’s gift
23 Nov 2021
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Roy Singham
On the Road from Detroit to South Africa: Black Radical Internationalist Traditions
23 Nov 2021
Roy Singham reminisces about his work with the late General Gordon Baker, Jr. and the League of Revolutionary Black Workers (LRBW) in Detroit and its connections with South African workers.
Thad Baltimore
White America's Latest Fear Mongering Code Language: CRT and Wokeness
23 Nov 2021
Anti-Black racism is at the heart of the debate on Critical Race Theory and use of the word "woke" as a pejorative.
Danny Haiphong and Margaret Kimberley
Organizing Against Racism and Class Oppression
17 Nov 2021
Core organizer for Freedom Fighters DC Afeni joins Danny Haiphong and Margaret Kimberley to discuss her activism and views on the current political situation in the United States.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Camisha Russell’s “The Assisted Reproduction of Race”
17 Nov 2021
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book.