Christopher Tinson

Faces at the Bottom of Ivory Tower’s Well: Forum Keynote

November 12, 2019November 11, 2019 Christopher Tinson #WorkingtheBlackDiaspora, Black Studies, education, pedagogy, teaching, white supremacy

*This post is part of our online forum organized by Drs. Charisse Burden-Stelly and Crystal Moten titled “Researching, Teaching, and Embodying

Liberator Magazine and Black Activism: An Author’s Response

February 15, 2019March 31, 2019 Christopher Tinson #RadicalIntellect, Black Power, black press, black radical tradition, Black radicalism

This post is part of our online roundtable on Chris Tinson’s Radical Intellect Let me start by first thanking Pete Beveridge, Cynthia A. Young, Hasan

Solidarity and Excellence: W.E.B. Du Bois and William Leo Hansberry

May 19, 2018May 22, 2018 Christopher Tinson African Diaspora, black intellectual history, race, teaching, W.E.B. Du Bois

In W. E. B. Du Bois’s The World and Africa, first published in 1946, he writes: “I have read Eduard

Remembering the Black Radical Press

January 25, 2018January 30, 2018 Christopher Tinson Black Arts Movement, Black Panther Party, black politics, Black Power, black press, Black radicalism, Third World Women’s Alliance

Print culture, including journals, magazines, newsletters, pamphlets, posters, and books, was instrumental in advancing the politics, aesthetics, and criticism of

“Held in Trust by History:” The Intellectual Activism of Lerone Bennett Jr.

March 16, 2017March 18, 2017 Christopher Tinson Activism, black intellectual history, Historiography

On the morning of December 11, 2016, a notice in the Chicago area news read as follows: “Author Lerone Bennett