The second volume on the life and works of Hubert Harrison, the Harlem-based activist, organizer and journalist, is about to be released. Biographer Jeff Perry has spent almost four decades researching Harrison, who he described as āa socialist who worked closely with Marcus Garvey and was the first to write about the āNew Negroā in the first quarter of the 20th century.ā Harrison deserves to be in the pantheon of formative Black political thinkers and doers, but his principled politics, unsparing journalistic critiques, and refusal to be bought earned him few boosters.
āWe stand with the Haitian people because it is our responsibility as believers in self-determination and people-centered human rights, to do so.ā
Regulation of sexuality in the United States has been predominantly shaped by and largely dependent upon safeguarding or interpreting the First Amendment.
The author explores Mary Church Terrellās long history of activism, to remind us that movements for social justice do not happen overnight.
States continue to reproduce inequalities based on race and citizenship through their COVID-19 relief and welfare programs.
An interview with Ricardo Alvarez, Mumiaās āmovementā doctor. āThe most important point of advocacy is for the release of all our elders in COVID prisons.ā
