Related Stories
Frances Madeson
For Black August, Mireille Fanon Mendès-France sets the record straight on her father’s revolutionary legacy.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
To commemorate Black August, read Safiya Bukhari's essay on political prisoners and political mov
Tea Troutman
, Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
A letter commemorating George Jackson speaks to the origins of Black August.
Too Black
Black August is an important month of political education, but it should not solely be about the past.
Abayomi Azikiwe
The late Nehanda Abiodun was an African American revolutionary who exemplified the movement to end national oppression and the criminaliza
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
For Black August, read William L. Patterson on racial genocide, the law, and the Martinsville Seven.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
To commemorate Black A
Charles Brooks
Black August is the commemoration of actions carried out by revolutionaries ranging from Nat Turner to George Jackson.
Natalia Marques
Ruchell Magee has been incarcerated for 67 years and is the longest serving political prisoner in the world.
More Stories
- Erica Caines , Clau O'Brien MoscosoThe deal for a prisoner exchange proposed by the El Salvadoran president presents a dangerous threat to incarcerated people in the U.S. The continued outsourcing of the U.S. penal system…
- Jon JeterThe economic stress on African American people shows itself in phenomena like marriage rates. What once was a benefit to Black communities and a path to the middle class, marriage is becoming…
- Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence"STICKUP: MORE for the GREEDY; less for the needy!!" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
- Nato KouryThe threats by the Trump administration to detain migrants in Guantanamo Bay will not be the first time the United States has used the facility for migrant detention. Not too long ago,…
- Abayomi Azikiwe, Black Agenda Report ContributorUnited States intelligence agencies kept close watch over developments in the African American struggle for freedom, justice, equality and self-determination after the conclusion of the Second…