African America

Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Black People Won't Be Silenced About Israel
06 Dec 2023
As the US continues to conflate every criticism of Zionism with anti-semitism, the predicable happens once again. Black people are used as an avatar of anti-Jewish sentiment. This tactic will not…
Jon Jeter
Fifty-four Years Later, Fred Hampton’s Martyrdom Looms Large Over Palestinians’ Freedom Struggle
06 Dec 2023
The thread connecting the struggles of Black and Palestinian liberation makes itself known in the propagandistic attacks on the Palestinian resistance. The assassination of Fred Hampton helps…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Alan Pelaez Lopez’s Book, “When Language Broke Open”
06 Dec 2023
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Alan Pelaez Lopez. Dr. Lopez is an assistant professor at the University of…
Maya RIchard-Craven
The Hidden Toll of Hurricane Katrina on the Mental Health of Black Survivors
29 Nov 2023
Survivors open up about struggles with lingering post-traumatic stress disorder 18 years after the storm
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The Black Misleaders Promote Zionism
22 Nov 2023
As zionists ramp up the pressure, the Black misleadership class readily succumbs to protect their precious positions and dubious prominence.
Djibo Sobukwe
Why Africans / Black Folks Should Oppose Zionism: Some Aspects of a Racist Imperialist Ideology in Africa and the Americas
15 Nov 2023
Colonized people must be in solidarity with the oppressed and by definition, that means being anti-zionist.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: J. Brent Crosson’s Book, “Experiments with Power”
15 Nov 2023
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is J. Brent Crosson. Crosson is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and…
Austin Cole
Black Graduate Student Association Statement in Solidarity with the MIT for Palestine Coalition
15 Nov 2023
Black graduate students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology wrote this statement in support of Palestinians and of their rights to speak and act freely.
Krys Cerisier
Black Ties to Palestinian Liberation
01 Nov 2023
Most of the world's people are in solidarity with Palestine, but Black people in this country have a special bond born of common struggle.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
Statement from the Afro-American Committee Against Genocide, 1982
01 Nov 2023
In the 1980s, African Americans understood the war on Palestine as one of genocide.