Interviews
Short interviews with scholars ahead of their conversations
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Mae Mallory, the Monroe Defense Committee, and World Revolutions: An Interview with Paula Marie Seniors
For the conversation “Honoring the Legacy of Black Women Radicals Gloria Richardson and Mae Mallory”
Paula Marie Seniors is a Historian, Ethnic Studies Scholar, and Associate Professor of Africana Studies at Virginia Tech University. She is the biographer of Mae Mallory and The…
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The Jim Crow North: A CBFS Interview
For the conversation “Jim Crow North/Black Freedom Struggle Outside the South”
Ujju Aggarwal is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Experiential Learning at The New School. Her research engages public education, urban space, rights, and the state in…
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The Campus as Crucible of Struggle: A CBFS Interview
For the conversation “The Campus as Crucible of Struggle”
Dr. Stefan M. Bradley is the Charles Hamilton Houston 1915 Professor of Black Studies and History at Amherst College. He is the author of Upending the Ivory Tower: Civil Rights…
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The Politics of Religion and the Role of Black Faith: A CBFS Interview
For the conversation “The politics of religion and the role of Black faith”
Su'ad is a scholar-artist-activist. Her current project, Umi's Archive, is an interdisciplinary research project that engages everyday Black women's thought to investigate key…
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Anne Gray Fischer
For the conversation “From CPS to Dobbs to the Carceral System–What History Shows Us for Challenging Systems of Oppression Today”
Anne Gray Fischer is assistant professor of U.S. gender history at the University of Texas at Dallas. Her research and teaching focus on histories of gender, sexuality, and race…
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Films of Black Struggle
In anticipation of our conversation on "Films of Black Struggle" we interviewed all three of our guests, Cynthia Gordy Giwa, Tayo Giwa, and Emma Francis-Snyder. You can read our…
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Racism and Resistance in the Post Civil Rights Era
In anticipation of our conversation on "Racism and Resistance in the Post Civil Rights Era" we spoke with two of our guests, Emily Hobson and Daniel Lucks. Thanks to Black…
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Slavery, Capitalism, and Empire
In anticipation of our conversation on "Slavery, Capitalism, and Empire," we spoke with two of our guests, Justene Edwards and Daniel Immerwahr. Thanks to Black Perspectives for…
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Black Power Revisited
In anticipation of our conversation on "Black Power Revisited," our friends at Black Perspectives published this interview with all four of our guests, Robin J. Hayes, Edward…
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Radical Black LGBTQ+ Feminist Lives
In anticipation of our conversation "Radical Black LGBTQ+ and Feminist Lives" our friends at Black Perspectives highlight the work of two of our guests, Moya Bailey and Laura…
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The Music of Black Liberation
For the conversation “Sounds of Freedom: The Music of Black Liberation”
In anticipation of our discussion "Sounds of Freedom: The Music of Black Liberation," we are highlighting the scholarship of two of our guests, Shana Redmond and Rickey Vincent…
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Socialism and Black Liberation
For the conversation “Black and Red: Black Liberation and Socialism”
In anticipation of our discussion "Black and Red: Socialism and Black Liberation," we are highlighting the scholarship of two of our guests, Robin Kelley and Charisse…
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Resisting Carceral Cities
For the conversation “Resisting Carceral Cities: Prisons, Police, and Punishment in Historical Perspective”
In anticipation of our discussion on "Resisting Carceral Cities: Prisons, Police, and Punishment in Historical Perspective," we are highlighting the scholarship of two of our…
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Histories of Multiracial Solidarity and Struggle
In anticipation of our discussion on the history of multiracial struggle and solidarity, scheduled for November 5th, we are highlighting the scholarship of two of our guests…
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The Long Struggle Against Educational Injustice
In anticipation of our discussion on the Long Struggle Against Educational Injustice, scheduled for March 5th, we are highlighting the scholarship of our three guests, Rachel…
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Housing Discrimination in the Jim Crow US and the Case for Reparations
In anticipation of our discussion on Housing Discrimination in the Jim Crow US and the Case for Reparations, scheduled for February 6th, we are highlighting the scholarship of two…
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The Black Athlete in the Freedom Struggle
In anticipation of our discussion on the Black Athlete in the Freedom Struggle, scheduled for December 5th, we are highlighting the scholarship of our three guests, Louis Moore…
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The Black Revolution on Campus
In anticipation of our discussion on the Black Revolution on Campus, scheduled for November 7th, we are highlighting the scholarship of two of our guests, Shirletta Kinchen and…
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Stop Killer Cops: Police Brutality, Mass Incarceration, and the Liberal Establishment
Stop Killer Cops: Police Brutality, Mass Incarceration, and the Liberal Establishment In anticipation of our discussion, Stop Killer Cops: Police Brutality, Mass Incarceration…
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Fighting Jim Crow in New York City
For the conversation “The Black Freedom Struggle and the Strange Career of Jim Crow New York”
In anticipation of the planned discussion on The Struggle Against Police Brutality, Mass Incarceration, and Educational Discrimination in the Jim Crow North on May 2nd, we are…
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Black Women Freedom Fighters Gloria Richardson and Louise Thompson Patterson
For the conversation “Rethinking Black Women Freedom Fighters Gloria Richardson, Louise Thompson Patterson, and the Women of the Nation of Islam”
In anticipation of our discussion, "Black Women Freedom Fighters Gloria Richardson, Louise Thompson Patterson, and the Women of the Nation of Islam" on February 7, we interviewed…
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The Struggle for Voting Rights and the Poor People's Campaign
In anticipation of our discussion, "The Struggle for Voting Rights and the Poor People's Campaign" on November 1, we interviewed two of our guests, Gloria Browne-Marshall and the…
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H. Rap Brown and Black Power
For the conversation “Rethinking H. Rap Brown and Black Power”
In anticipation of our discussion, "Rethinking H. Rap Brown and Black Power" on October 4, we interviewed two of our guests, Arun Kundnani and Akinyele Umoja. Our friends at the…