We went intellectual-digital-crate-digging and found excerpts from a 2009 interview conducted with professor Robert Allen about his development and use of Internal Colonialism Theory and from later that same year we found Allen’s keynote address at: A Celebration of the First Forty Years of The Black Scholar journal.
Read moreThe Backlash Against Boycotts with The Truth Minista Paul Scott
The Truth Minista Paul Scott joined us to discuss his recent article, “I Saw Black Leaders Kissin’ Santa Claus.” We talked about the little known influence held over civil rights leaders by philanthropists and corporate elites that in one instance discouraged a Black popular boycott of Christmas.
Read moreMalcolm X and The Politics of Historiography with Dr. Scot Brown
Dr. Scot Brown, author of Fighting For US, invited me to discuss A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable’s Malcolm X with one of his classes at UCLA. Dr. Brown’s class is studying the historiography of Malcolm X and our book is included in that mix. The discussion became a truly interesting one that engaged…
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