African America

Editors, The Black Agenda Review
STATEMENT: Black Caucus Protest at the African Studies Association, Montreal, October, 1969
13 Oct 2021
Black challenges to white control of African Studies at the 1969 African Studies Association meeting in Montreal exposed the deeply entrenched racism within, and the imperialist leanings of, th
Danny Haiphong and Margaret Kimberley
U.S. Imperialism in Africa with Abayomi Azikiwe
13 Oct 2021
Abayomi Azikiwe of Pan-African News Wire joined Danny Haiphong and Margaret Kimberley to discuss AFRICOM and U.S./NATO imperialist actions on the African continent.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
San Francisco Court’s Racist Denial of the Constitutional Right to a Speedy Trial
13 Oct 2021
San Francisco Public Defender Manohar Raju spoke to Ann Garrison about why his office is suing San Francisco Superior Court for denying hundreds of Black and Brown people the speedy trial right
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin’s “Anarchism and the Black Revolution”
13 Oct 2021
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book.
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, BAR editor and columnist
Grand Jury Refuse to Charge Police in the Murder of Kwamena Ocran
13 Oct 2021
Police killings in Maryland go unpunished as they do in the rest of the country. Kwamena Ocran was just one of of many Black victims in his community.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Thousands of Police Killings Are Unreported
06 Oct 2021
Police killings of Black people are a feature of American law enforcement and they are deliberately under counted.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
PROCLAMATION: LIBERTY OR DEATH, JEAN JACQUES DESSALINES, 1804
06 Oct 2021
This proclamation by Jean Jacques Dessalines, the first leader of a free Haiti, is one of the most radical declarations of freedom in history.
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
Build Back Better Legislation: New Keynesianism or Neoliberal Public Relations Stunt?
06 Oct 2021
Some provisions of Biden’s “Build Back Better” legislation benefit the masses of Black people, but this legislation is a bare minimum effort to blunt some of the sharpest contradictions of the
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Louis M. Maraj’s “Black or Right”
06 Oct 2021
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Louis M.
Emily Elena Dugdale, Irena Hwang
In a California Desert Sheriff Deputies Settle Schoolyard Disputes and Black Teens Bear the Brunt
02 Oct 2021
Deputies in California’s Antelope Valley are disproportionately citing Black teens for minor infractions that lead to criminal records and incarceration.