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Excerpt from The Night Malcolm X Spoke at the Oxford Union
May 21 2021
For Malcolm X Day, UC Press is featuring an excerpt from The Night Malcolm X Spoke at the Oxford Union by Stephen Tuck. Less than three months before he was assassinated, Malcolm X spoke at the Oxford Union—the most prestigious student debating organization in the United Kingdom. Tuck uses this even
Excerpt from Talking at the Gates: A Life of James Baldwin
Feb 05 2021
Excerpted from Talking at the Gates: A Life of James Baldwin by James CampbellThe main activity of the Harlem Renaissance took place in the years immediately before and after James Baldwin's birth. In 1924 Alain Locke was preparing an anthology to be published under the title The New Neg
Why we need to defund, not defend, the police
Jun 25 2020
By Nikki Jones, author of The Chosen Ones: Black Men and the Politics of RedemptionCalls to defund the police often elicit fear. How will I stay safe, wonder people who associate the police with safety. This response ignores the fact for many people, the police are what they fear. When I hear c
Countering Colorblindness across the Disciplines: An Excerpt from Seeing Race Again
Jun 10 2020
Every academic discipline has an origin story complicit with white supremacy. Racial hierarchy and colonialism structured the very foundations of most disciplines’ research and teaching paradigms. In the early twentieth century, the academy faced rising opposition and correction, evident in the inte
Remembering Stravinsky
Jun 17 2019
Renowned professor emeritus and musicologist H. Colin Slim met Igor Stravinsky in 1952 and again in 1966, events that inspired a lifelong interest in the composer’s personal and professional life. His collection of Stravinsky ephemera, manuscripts, and documents was donated to the University of Brit