Writer Karla Mendez examines the life of dancer and choreographer Judith Jamison, whose decades-long career indelibly shifted the landscape of dance.
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Examining how Vivian Browne’s art and activism bridged the Black liberation and feminist movements while redefining the politics of representation.
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Reflecting on the life of Elizabeth Catlett, a pioneering sculptor and printmaker whose work fused art and activism to honor the strength, resilience, and dignity of Black women across the African diaspora.
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Reflecting on the extraordinary life of Dr. Edith Irby Jones–a trailblazing physician, civil rights activist, and the first Black American to break through several of the most entrenched racial barriers in Southern education and medicine.
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Tracing the life and work of poet Lucille Clifton and her roots in ancestry, radical truth-telling, and memory.
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Exploring the radical feminist imagination of Ama Ata Aidoo, whose stories of womanhood, freedom, and belonging reshaped African feminism.
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Tracing the arc of the novelist, journalist, and activist Louise Meriwether, from her literary achievements to her involvement in Black political and artistic communities.
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Honoring the life and legacy of fierce artist, filmmaker, and archivist, Camille Billops, who made it her mission to preserve what the world tried to erase.
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In honor of the publication of her book, Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores, writer and bookseller, Katie Mitchell discusses the importance of Black bookstores, their role as sites of liberation, and community building through books.
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In the final installment of our Special Blog Issue, “50 Years of Combahee”, writer Kourtney Payne reflects on the Combahee River Collective and the power of Black feminism praxis as self-naming.
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For “50 Years of Combahee”, scholar, curator, and critic Tiffany E. Barber reflects on how the Combahee River Collective helped form her worldview and considers its influence on Black feminist art.
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Anastácia Flora Oliveira, escritora inaugural da Black Women Radicals programa da Dandara dos Palmares, conversa com Diane Menders, Diretora de Estratégias do Instituto Marielle Franco, sobre a vida, liderança e legado da feminista negra brasileira Marielle Franco.
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Writer Karla Méndez examines the contributions of choreographer, composer, and activist Victoria Santa Cruz to Peruvian, Black, and Latin American art and culture.
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Writer Yasmina Price interviews author Nina Lorez Collins, daughter of filmmaker, Kathleen Collins, about her mother’s legacy, the dynamics of their relationship, and the process of preserving and archiving her mother’s artistic output.
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Activist Leah Thomas, who coined the term “intersectional environmentalism”, shares why centering those at the margins is key to building an inclusive and sustainable environmental justice movement.
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Join us for an upcoming conversation with Andrea “Philly” Walls, founder of The Museum of Black Joy.
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Writer Karla Mendez reflects on the power of Sonia Sanchez, whose pioneering work has changed the way we view poetry.
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Aurielle Marie’s poetry collection, Gumbo Ya Ya, is a demand for and insistence on the cultivation of other worlds where Black gxrls are free from constant violence, terror, regulation, and judgement – where joy, pleasure, and peace are not only possible but abundance.
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Bahamian human-environment geographer Dr. Adelle Thomas shares her expertise on the impact of climate change and injustice on Caribbean nations.
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Join us for a film screening of Black Russians (2001), a feature length documentary by kara lynch.
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