Black Lives Matter

Thick

In eight highly praised treatises on beauty, media, money, and more, Tressie McMillan Cottom—award-winning professor and acclaimed author of Lower Ed—is unapologetically thick: deemed thick where I should have been thin, more where I should have been less, McMillan Cottom refuses to shy away from blending the personal with the political, from bringing her full self and voice to the fore of her analytical work. Thick transforms narrative moments into analyses of whiteness, black misogyny, and status-signaling as means of survival for black women (Los Angeles Review of Books) with writing that is as deft as it is amusing (Darnell L.

Clemency

As she prepares to execute another inmate, Bernadine must confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates, ultimately connecting her to the man she is sanctioned to

New People

From the bestselling author of Caucasia, a subversive and engrossing novel of race, class and manners in contemporary

Accessibility resource for BIPOC students from BestCollege

Accessibility resource for BIPOC students – BIPOC students with disabilities face significant barriers to quality education. Learn how accessibility removes these barriers, and why this matters. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), 19% of students reported having a disability during the 2015-2016 academic year. Of these students, about 80% were BIPOC. Disabled BIPOC students live at multiple intersections of marginalization and face more barriers than others. For many of these students, disability justice and racial justice are intertwined, as ableism, racism, and other barriers discriminate against and disable them, limiting their academic

Stepping Into Truth: Conversations on Race, Gender, and Social Justice

A podcast dedicated to expanding the conversations that are most important in our world today. Who are we as individuals, members of society, and people sharing this planet? Finding the through lines that will help us build bridges rather than stay in our own corners is the work of our time. Join Omkari as she talks, with people you will want to know, about the challenges and joys of 21st century

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

Footage shot by a group of Swedish journalists documenting the Black Power Movement in the United States is edited together by a contemporary Swedish