This article is part of a forum on “Free Speech on Campus.” To read contributions by David A. Bell, Jim Sleeper, and Anne-Laure White, click here.
The women of Black Lives Matter are not bending to the demands of respectability politics. They are carving out space for black women to fight for justice. Read my discussion with Kaayya Asoka on women and the #BlackLivesMatter movement in Dissent Magazine.
Read MoreThe #FergusonSyllabus has organized a disparate population of scholars and students into a virtual movement using Ferguson to frame how struggle has shaped American history. Read about my work asking professors who used Twitter to talk about Ferguson and to use #FergusonSyllabus to recommend texts, collaborate on conversation starters, and inspire dialogue about some aspect of the Ferguson crisis.
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