By Bernard E. Harcourt At our seminar on Uprising 4/13: #BlackLivesMatter, Kendall Thomas referred to the movement for Black lives as “a movement of movements.” The term, I think, perfectly captures the diversity of groups, projects, alliances, and organizations that… Continue Reading
By Elias Alcantara During my five-year tenure serving in the Obama Administration, I followed closely the evolution and ultimate eruption of the events that took the #BlackLivesMatter movement to the national and international stage. For me, it was incredibly personal,… Continue Reading
By Deva Woodly “I hold that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.” – Thomas Jefferson, Letter to James Madison 1787 “We who believe in… Continue Reading
By Bernard E. Harcourt “Strong people don’t need strong leaders.” — Ella Baker, NAACP field secretary, quoted by Professor Barbara Ransby in “Black Lives Matter is Democracy in Action” in The New York Times “The model of the black preacher… Continue Reading