We're gonna take a look at Dr. King's analysis of Black Power in his final book "Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?" in order to better contextualize his own relationship to the movement as an organizer, because his thought/memory wo

The Old Landmark: The NAACP and Black Power

Jul 25th, 2022 1h 14m

Partial List of Works ConsultedRoy Wilkins: The Quiet Revolutionary and the NAACP by Yvonne Ryan Black Maverick: T.R.M. Howard's Fight for Civil Rights and Economic Power The NAACP, Black Power, and the African American Freedom Struggle, 1966–1

Burn Down the Courthouses: The Birth of Black Power

Jul 1st, 2022 57m 22s

We’re gonna take a look at the moment the Black Power movement was born, in 1966 on a hot summer day in Greenwood, Mississippi, in order to get a sense of the forces that intersected at that moment amid tensions within the Civil Rights Movement

That Time We Almost Had a Revolution

Jun 13th, 2022 42m 7s

We’re gonna get introduced to a podcast series on the National Black Political Convention of 1972 in Gary, Indiana, and make the case for this neglected historical moment as a turning point in Black American social and political history that we

A Review of "The Devil You Know," Part 3

Jun 1st, 2021 29m 13s

Part three of a three part review of Charles Blow's "The Devil You Know."

A Review of "The Devil You Know," Part 2

Jun 1st, 2021 25m 15s

Part 2 of a three part review of "The Devil You Know,"

A Review of "The Devil You Know," Part 1

Jun 1st, 2021 32m 41s

The beginning of a three part review of Charles Blow's "The Devil You Know."

The Black Separatist Case Against the State pt. 2

May 5th, 2021 22m 28s

We continue looking at how our system of economics undermines political life under the state and thinking through what a fix for that would look like.

The Black Separatist Case Against the State

May 3rd, 2021 24m 35s

In this episode, we begin looking at why we should consider political models other than the Western idea of "the state."

Capitalism's War on Black African Sovereignty

Apr 22nd, 2021 29m 17s

In this episode, we're gonna look briefly at the history of capitalism's threat to Black sovereignty.

The Black Separatist Case Against Capitalism

Apr 22nd, 2021 38m 9s

In this episode, we're gonna consider if capitalism has any place in Black autonomy and what it will take for Black America to build a national economy.