Peripeteia: A Poem
“Invite my hands into yours despite our legs being drawn away from each other Othered.”
Tag: African Americans
The Time for Equality is Now!
The cravenly undemocratic ethos of the Republican Party is reaching new heights in their desperation to retain power at any cost. Theirs are not the actions of a government responsible to the people, but those of a cabal of self-interested elites.
The Cocking Affair: UGA’s Commitment to White Supremacy
“Cocking accepted his job offer by telegram in September of 1937. A year and a half later, Dean Cocking held a staff meeting so controversial that it led to the state revoking UGA’s accreditation and mobs burning the governor in effigy.”
Iola and Treemonisha: The Artistic Activism of Frances E.W. Harper and Scott Joplin
The poet/novelist Harper along with the composer/librettist Scott Joplin embodied a form of activism that was expressed through the arts, rather than more-overt forms of political rhetoric.
Toward An Antiracist Archeology
What does an antiracist archaeology look like and how can it be accomplished in a profession that remains predominantly white and continues to privilege whiteness?
“JIM, (alias James Boyd;)”: Enslaved Migrant Laborers in the American North
The Trump administration’s immigration policies have invited numerous comparisons to nineteenth-century regulations of enslaved persons. These comparisons will continue so long as the state retains the power to circumscribe a person’s mobility and employment opportunities through the policing of their legal status.
An Exhibit on 1950s Life Reproduces Segregation
The BOOM exhibit successfully erases the Black experience in Montgomery County during the 1950s.
Not My Right: Black Gun Ownership and Equality
Many Americans view self-defense as a natural right. However, African Americans have a long history of being denied the right to armed protection in a society that has sought to undergird white supremacy.
Anderson Runs for Mayor to Stop the Painful Violence
Charles’ art and activism have been a fixture in the city for the last decade, so when I learned Charles would be running for mayor, I knew I wanted to interview him.
White Americans Fail to Address Their Family Histories
There is a conversation about race that white families are just not having. This is mine.
The Activist History Review 