All posts tagged "Emmett Till"
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White People for Black Lives
By Zillah Eisenstein Revolutionary imagination is the most dangerous and therefore meaningful thing any of us have to offer. So I am writing in support...
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On Ferguson, the Fragility of Black Boys, and Feminist Futures
By Aliyyah. I. Abdur-Rahman Recently over dinner, my dear friend Sandy Alexandre, Associate Professor of Literature at MIT, and I were talking about both Michael...
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For Lucia Mcbath, Sybrina Fulton and All Other Black Mothers Who’ve Considered Righteous Rage When Black Respectability Politics Ain’t Enough
In “What is this “black” in black popular culture? (Rethinking Race),” the late, great cultural theorist Stuart Hall, poignantly asks, “What sort of moment is...
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Is a picture worth a 1000 words? Race and the politics of mourning
Hank Willis Thomas A couple weeks back, Melissa Harris Perry and her guests discussed the power of images, focusing on the debate as to whether...
