Related Stories
Assata Shakur
Assata Shakur wrote the introduction and this poem for the 1990 book
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
To commemorate Black August, read Safiya Bukhari's essay on political prisoners and political mov
Matt Tracy
Joan Gibbs, long time civil rights attorney and activist, is remembered for her deep commitment to her community and for so
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
The late African revolutionary Sekou Odinga in his own words.
Lallan Schoenstein
Ralph Poynter was a pioneer in the fight against white supremacy, oppression, and injustice around the world.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
This week’s featured author is Orisanmi Burton
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
A letter commemorating George Jackson speaks to the origins of Black August.
Too Black
Black August is an important month of political education, but it should not solely be about the past.
Efia Nwangaza
A United Nations panel of experts is in the US investigating the condition of political prisoners held in this country.
More Stories
- Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior ColumnistColin Powell's death is an opportunity to question the inclination to respect the Black face in a high place. Powell's career includes a litany of crimes that must never be excused.
- Editors, The Black Agenda ReviewIn an 1860 speech commemorating radical abolitionist John Brown's raid on Harper’s Ferry, Frederick Douglass argued that slavery would only end if the slave owner feared the violent retribution
- Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing EditorThe Biden administration continues the Trump prosecution of Julian Assange. The case ought to be dismissed out of hand but the U.S.
- Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing EditorPresident Joe Biden continues to play the cluelessly racist and paternalistic Ugly American in the Ho
- Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence