Prophetic Black Ecologies: Liberatory Agriculture on Beulah Land Farms
*This post is part of our series on Black Ecologies edited by Justin Hosbey, Leah Kaplan, & J.T. Roane. “The forced planting
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Deep South
The Taproot Remains: On the Life and Legacy of Ernest J. Gaines
On an acre of land, in South Louisiana, surrounded by sugar cane fields, Ernest J. Gaines will be laid to
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On Richard Wright’s Hunger and Kiese Laymon’s Heavy
Richard Wright’s famous autobiography, Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth (1945) was originally titled American Hunger. However, the
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In the Shadows of Slavery’s Capitalism
*This post is part of our roundtable on Keri Leigh Merritt’s Masterless Men. Keri Leigh Merritt’s Masterless Men: Poor Whites and Slavery in
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Ethel Mae Matthews and the Emmaus House in Atlanta
Fifty years ago, Emmaus House opened its doors for the first time. Located in Peoplestown, a deprived neighborhood southeast of
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