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Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Letter from the Editors: Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham with art by Jonell Joshua
BLACK LIVES MATTER
Invited to the Cookout: David Leggett
Black Lives Matter: Alicia Garza
A Teenager with Promise: Alexandra Bell
Black Lives Matter: Sasha Huber and Petri Saarikko
Black Survival Guide: Hank Willis Thomas
I Will Protect Black People: Yetunde Olagbaju
America Is Black: Tatyana Fazlalizadeh
A Call to Action: LaToya Ruby Frazier
BLACK FUTURES
Today Is Yesterday’s Tomorrow: King Britt
Now More Than Ever: Morgan Parker
There Are Black People in the Future: Alisha Wormsley
Black Mamas Bailout Day: (F)empower
In Conversation: Cyrée Jarelle Johnson and Carolyn Lazard with art by Alice Sheppard
Time & Memory: Rasheedah Phillips
Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death: Arthur Jafa in conversation with Tina Campt
In Conversation: Shawné Michaelain Holloway and Tiona Nekkia McClodden
The Black Simmer: Amira Virgil
June Jordan’s Vision of a Black Future: Doreen St. Félix with art by Renee Gladman
In Conversation: Rodan Tekle, Sean D. Henry-Smith, and Destiny Brundidge
Black Political Action: De’Ara Balenger with art by Ment Nelson
Far Beyond the Stars: Ayana Jamieson with art by Lauren Halsey
POWER
These Walls Can Talk: Wesley Morris on art by Amy Sherald and Kehinde Wiley
Dust II Onyx: Soleil Levé Bon Mambo Elizabeth Ruth with art by Courtney Alexander
Black to the Land: Leah Penniman
Through the Portal: Locating the Magnificent: Zadie Smith on Deana Lawson
Tabita Rezaire on Bogosi Sekhukhuni
Color(ed) Theory: Amanda Williams
The Library of Missing Datasets: Mimi Onuoha
Firelei Báez on Koleka Putuma
Fairview: Jackie Sibblies Drury
Hair Nah: Momo Pixel
JOY
The #OptimisticChallenge: Jasmine Johnson
Black Power Naps: Navild Acosta and Fannie Sosa
#ThanksgivingwithBlackFamilies: Ziwe Fumudoh
It’s Time to Reclaim Our Skin: adrienne maree brown with art by Shadi Al-Atallah
Ecstatic Resilience: Sable Elyse Smith with art by Suzanne Abramson, Tyahra Angus, Brennen Buckner, Christian Cody, RJ Eldridge, Melissa Bunni Elian, Kevin Hinton, Jazzmyn Hollis, Sasha Kelley, Setti Kidane, Kene Nwatu, Guarionex Rodriguez, Jr., and Vino Taylor
Ritual for Self-Compassion and Care: Siedeh Foxie
Muslamic Ray Guns: Muna Mire
Texas Isaiah on Ahya Simone with art by Shack Shackleford
regular black: Danez Smith with art by Jonathan Lyndon Chase
The Flesh Gives Empathy: Jason Parham with art by Toyin Ojih Odutola and Kerry James Marshall
Haitian Independence Day: Zoé Samudzi
Fried Pig Ears, for Snackin’: Kia Damon
On Times I Have Forced Myself to Dance: Hanif Abdurraqib with art by Brendan Fernandes
Untitled (for Stewart): Juliana Huxtable
Independent Subtexts: Devin N. Morris
Documenting the Nameplate with art by Naima Green and Azikiwe Mohammed
Ode to Shea Butter: Angel Nafis with art by Nakeya Brown
Black Genius Joint: Nikole Hannah-Jones
Justice
#FreeMeekMill: Aaron Ricketts
Unearthed: Yousra Elbagir with art by Yasmin Elnour
91020000: Cameron Rowland
#FeesMustFall: Pontsho Pilane
FREE CYNTOIA BROWN: Jana Augustin
Penny Dreadful: Nina Chanel Abney
What I Know About the Ocean: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson with art by Nadia Huggins
Artist’s Statement: Kara Walker
GirlTrek: Vanessa Garrison & T. Morgan Dixon
Indya Moore
OWNERSHIP
Tutu and the Worth of Black Art: Alexis Okeowo with art by Ben Enwonwu
Nomads at the End of Empire: Jameel Mohammed
In Conversation: Samantha Irby and Sam Bailey
A Lesson in Reading: Jerome Harris
In Conversation: Rawiya Kameir and Thebe Kgositsile (Earl Sweatshirt)
Black Pain Is Not for Profit: Rene Matić with art by BBZ London and Michael Bilsborough
Salehe Bembury
Toward a Black Circulationism: Aria Dean
On Discwoman: Frankie Decaiza Hutchinson
Renée Mussai and Zanele Muholi
Pluralism: Deborah Roberts
Dispatch from The Colored Girls Museum: Errin Haines with art by Maty Biayenda
Online Imagined Black English: manuel arturo abreu with art by RaFia Santana
Invasion of Privacy: Jace Clayton with art by Flo Ngala
MEMORY
Sandra Bland Is Not Alive and Someone Is Responsible: E. Jane
Ntozake Been Said That: Mecca Jamilah Sullivan with art by McArthur Binion
In the Wake: I’m SO Black I Blind You: Cauleen Smith
On and Off Again: Kia LaBeija
Affirmation: Eve L. Ewing with art by Zora J. Murff
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice
OUTLOOK
Are We There Yet?: Kameelah Janan Rasheed
Gayby Love: Linda Villarosa with art by Jordan Casteel and Florine Démosthène
An Uneven Peace: Rahawa Haile
An Unexpected Peace: Hannah Giorgis
The Vision and Justice Project: Sarah E. Lewis with art by Carrie Mae Weems
In Conversation: Ta-Nehisi Coates and Jenna Wortham
Appolition
Protect Ilhan Omar: Decolonize This Place
In Conversation: Kiese Laymon and Chokwe Antar Lumumba
BLACK IS (STILL) BEAUTIFUL
This Hair of Mine: Akinola Davies, Jr., and Cyndia Harvey
Welcome to the Trans Visibility Era: Raquel Willis
You Next: How Black Barbershops Save Lives: Antonio “Tone” Johnson
#YoAmoMiPajon: Sandra Garcia
Sheena Rose on Simone Asia
Pop for You: Junglepussy
A True Picture of Black Skin: Teju Cole
#AfroHairMatters: Rhianna Jones with Kerrilyn Gibson
Don’t Touch My Hair: Solange Knowles
Tschabalala Self on Lauren Kelly
Pyer Moss
LaKela Brown on Nontsikelelo Mutiti
LEGACY
BlackPlanet’s Black Future: André Brock
Martine Rose
In Conversation: Rembert Browne and Ezra Edelman
Tourmaline
The Notion of Pride: Rahim Fortune
Mothers of the House: Thomas J. Lax with art by Leilah Weinraub
Slave Play’s Blackout: Jeremy O. Harris with art by Emilio Madrid
Auntie Yvonne’s Coconut Bread: Pierre Serrao with art by Mina Elise Echevarria
The Enduring Legacy of Baltimore’s Arabbers: Lawrence Burney with art by Gioncarlo Valentine
In Conversation: Simone Browne and Sadie Barnette
Invoice: serpentwithfeet
On the Illusion of Safe Space: FAKA
Native Tongue: Ola Osaze
No Sesso
The Myth of the Crackhead: Donovan X. Ramsey
The Birmingham Project: Dawoud Bey
Dem Man: Caleb Femi with art by Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
Save Our Black Asses: David Leggett
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Contributors
Permissions and Credits
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