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A Meditation on Natural Light and the Use of Fire in United States Slavery

January 13, 2020January 12, 2020 Tyler Parry black rebellion, environment, Racial Violence, Resistance, slavery, white supremacy

In her September 16, 2019 post for Black Perspectives, “Race and the Paradoxes of the Night,” cultural anthropologist Celeste Henery

Inland Shift: Towards a Radical Intercommunalism in the Inland Empire

November 19, 2019November 16, 2019 J. T. Roane Activism, black intellectual history, Black Panther Party, black protest, capitalism, economic justice, environment, geography, Resistance

*This essay is republished in partnership with Boom California as part of an ongoing series on Black California. During a speech

Race and the Paradoxes of the Night

September 16, 2019September 8, 2019 Celeste Henery criminal justice system, environment, race, racism, urban history, white supremacy

In 2001, John Bortle, an experienced, American amateur astronomer, created a scale to measure the darkness of a night’s sky.

A Billion Black Anthropocenes or None: A New Book About Race and Geology

April 12, 2019August 12, 2022 Leah Kaplan Anthropocene, black feminism, environment, geography

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

Nature and the Great Migration in Chicago

September 13, 2018September 18, 2018 Teona Williams Activism, Chicago, environment, Great Migration, Migration

Towering skyscrapers dotting the Lake Michigan coastline, “snowy winds,” “blistering suns,” and roaring streets described what Richard Wright aptly called