The incomparable Voices With Vision and Netfa Freeman invited this discussion of Kwame Ture/Stokely Carmichael in light of continued and renewed interest in the man and his politics. We discussed this review of, and previous debate with, Peniel Joseph whose self-proclaimed “fatherhood” of, and approach to, “Black Power Studies” raises, at minimum, causes for concern. Also mentioned was…
Read moreMurdering Fred Hampton and Black Power with Bruce Dixon and Todd Steven Burroughs
Coming on the heels of the 44th anniversary of the assassination of Fred Hampton (December 4, 1969) and the 45th anniversary of the founding of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party Bruce Dixon of BlackAgendaReport.com and Dr. Todd Steven Burroughs of DrumsInTheGlobalVillage.com were on hand for a discussion of the academic erasure of…
Read more