Black Liberation

Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: In Our Hands: Thoughts on Black Music, Bernice Johnson Reagon, 1976
31 Jul 2024
For the late Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, Black music was a tool in the struggle for Black liberation, and not what it has mostly become today: a retrograde appendage to neoliberalism and white power.
Anthony Rogers-Wright
A Black Jew’s Passover Message
24 Apr 2024
In this time when Israel and Zionism have become the representation of Judaism, Jewish people, especially Black Jews, should reflect on what it means to observe Passover during an ongoing…
Ingrid Banks , Jaime Alves
Antiblackness and Palestinian Humanity: A Call to Resist Fear
06 Mar 2024
Internationalism is the path toward Black liberation. Black people must resist the push to silo our movements and move in this spirit of Rosa Parks - with fearless integrity.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Joy James’ Book, “New Bones Abolition”
13 Dec 2023
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Joy James. Dr. James is Ebenezer Fitch Professor of Humanities at Williams College.…
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
Why Embracing Anti-Colonialism Made Malcolm a Marked Man
22 Feb 2023
Malcolm X was a legendary revolutionary who is still loved by millions of people. The anniversary of his assassination is an opportunity to reflect on his impact.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
INTERVIEW: A Voice from the Monster: Charlene Mitchell in Tricontinental, 1971
15 Feb 2023
A 1971 interview with the late Charlene Mitchell reminds us of both the need for Black radical struggle against capitalism, militarism, and racism, and the contradictions of inter-racial organizing…
Dr. Charity Clay
Star Spangled Blackness: How The 1619 Project Celebrates An Anti-African, Black American Identity
15 Feb 2023
Black people must differentiate between pride in self and their ancestors and any attempt to forge connections with the nation that continues to oppress.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Black Studies in the Age of Obama: John H. Bracey, Jr. 2011
08 Feb 2023
The late John H. Bracey, Jr. argued that Black Studies should be wedded to African liberation, not to the corporate-bureaucratic structure of the university.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Vincent Lloyd’s Book, “Black Dignity”
19 Oct 2022
This week’s featured author is Vincent Lloyd. Lloyd is professor of theology and religious studies and the director of the Center for Political Theology at Villanova University. His book is Black…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Interview with Charles Athanasopoulos
23 Mar 2022
As part of the Black Agenda Report Book Forum, we interview scholars about a recent article they’ve written for either an academic journal or popular publication. We ask these scholars to discuss…