In 1915, Dr. Carter G. Woodson, a pioneering black intellectual and the son of former slaves, recognizing “the dearth of information on the accomplishments of blacks . . . founded the Association …
Read More >By Andrea S. Boyles, author of You Can’t Stop the Revolution: Community Disorder and Social Ties in Post-Ferguson America This guest post is part of our ASA blog series published in conjunction with the …
Read More >This guest post is published during the Academy of Criminal Justice Science conference in Baltimore, occurring March 26-30, 2019, and in relation to this year’s ACJS theme of Justice, Human Rights, and Activism. …
Read More >Congratulations are in order for Race Women Internationalists: Activist-Intellectuals and Global Freedom Struggles by Imaobong D. Umoren, which has been shortlisted for a Pauli Murray Book Prize. The prize, awarded by the African …
Read More >By Paul Almeida, author of Social Movements: The Structure of Collective Mobilization One pattern emerging in the new millennium involves ordinary people mobilizing around increasingly negative conditions. When we observe some of …
Read More >On Feb. 26, 2012, just three weeks after his 17th birthday, Trayvon Martin was murdered. Today would have been his 24th birthday. The killing of Trayvon triggered a series of protests and inspired the …
Read More >University of California Press is pleased to welcome Ethnic Studies Review to its growing stable of sociology journals, and in celebration, we are making a special issue of ESR dedicated to the …
Read More >by Tom Adam Davies, author of Mainstreaming Black Power This guest post is part of a series published in conjunction with the meeting of the Organization of American Historians in New Orleans. The theme …
Read More >Last October marked the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California, when, in 1966, college students Bobby Seale and Huey Newton vowed to prevent police brutality against black …
Read More >By Andrea S. Boyles, author of Race, Place, and Suburban Policing: Too Close for Comfort This guest post is published in advance of the American Society of Criminology conference in New Orleans. Check …
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