Tag: black-history

  • Peace beyond 2025: A World without Empires (October 2025)

    Peace beyond 2025: A World without Empires (October 2025)

    An endowed chair is a singular recognition of a scholar’s work in the academy. To earn one at the most distinguished institution for the teaching of liberal arts in service to the defense of human rights marks an unparalleled achievement. Then, within two months, the key text in defending critical race theory and Afrofuturism won…

  • The Economics of Enslavement and Abolition (Juneteenth 2025)

    The Economics of Enslavement and Abolition (Juneteenth 2025)

    The following transcript was the basis for Distinguished Professor Walter D. Greason’s report on the work of the “History of Slavery”, “Faith and Black Resistance”, and “Economic Justice” committees for the New Jersey Reparations Council, a project of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice. Our colleagues in presenting the history of enslavement in New…

  • ‘A Matter of Chance’? : The Place-Making Tradition in African-American History (January 2024)

    With gratitude to Professor Scot French, Professor Julian Chambliss, the Academic Conference team, and the entire network of Zora Neale Hurston Festival champions, led by N.Y. Nathiri, THANK YOU for the opportunity to share these words in the final year of the Afrofuturism Conference series. I have to take a moment to dedicate this presentation…