Prisons - AAIHS

From Police Power to Police Practice

August 18, 2022August 12, 2022 DeAnza A. Cook #StreetsBelongToUs, Black women, carceral state, Police, prisons

This post is part of our online roundtable on Anne Gray Fischer’s The Streets Belong to Us The United States of

Angela Davis, Charlene Mitchell, and the NAARPR

June 15, 2022June 14, 2022 Tony Pecinovsky abolition, Angela Davis, Charlene Mitchell, Communism, CPUSA, JoAnne Little, National Defense Organization Against Racist And Political Repression, Prison Abolition

In June 1972, an all-white jury acquitted Angela Davis of charges in her alleged role in an August 1970 Marin County, California

Radical Histories After the 1960s: A CBFS Interview

April 13, 2022April 12, 2022 Erik Wallenberg CBFS, CBFS Interview, civil rights, Conservatism, environmental justice, mass incarceration, Ronal Reagan

Conversations in BlackFreedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated by Jeanne

Black Power and Anti-Carceral State Infrastructure

July 12, 2021July 10, 2021 Joshua L. Crutchfield black lives matter, Black Power, Black radicalism, Black women

In 1991, Black radical activist Safiya Bukhari spoke to an audience and reflected on her decision to join the Harlem

The Historical Roots of Abolition in the Twenty-First Century

June 11, 2021June 9, 2021 Julia Bernier Activism, black radical tradition, Haiti, slavery, white supremacy

In June 2020 Mariame Kaba penned an opinion piece in the New York Times entitled, “Yes We Literally Mean Abolish