In Search of Black Power
In Search of Black Power challenges conventional narratives around Black policy, Black movements, and Black Life. We focus on creating a new language to discuss the issues presenting Black America, with a focus on independent institutional building and seeing Black folks as the solutions to our own problems.
Podcasting since 2019 • 81 episodes
In Search of Black Power
Latest Episodes
Analysing The Alliance of Sahel States- Pan African Praxis Beyond Traoré
The Alliance of the Sahel states has sent shock waves through the western world, raising the possiblity of anti-imperialist Pan-African block. While this movement has exploded online through the focus on the charismatic Burkino Faso leader ...
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Season 5
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Episode 12
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44:39
Black Women & Class Politics in Baltimore
In this episode, MJ and Rasheem explore the legacy and continued relevance of poor Black women's activism in Baltimore, focusing on housing justice and welfare rights. Drawing on Rhonda Y. Williams’ seminal article, “We’re Tired of Being Treate...
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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46:23
A History of How We Care for Our Own: An Introduction to “Race Work”
We welcome back S. Rasheem to In Search of Black Power! In this episode we are exposed to the concept of “Race Work”. In conversation with LBS Dir. of Research Lawrence Grandpre, Rasheem exposes us to critical figures in debates throughout the ...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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1:26:20
Economic Justice and Black Liberation
This discussion addresses the intersection between radical politics and advancing an agenda of economic justice from a lens of Black Liberation.
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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56:15
Black Nationalism, Pan-Africanism and Zionism. Reflecting on Ta-Nehisi Coates's "The Message"
In the Black radical tradition, critiques of Nationalism as inherently violent have clashed with recognition of the importance of national liberation movements and the desire for self-determination of oppressed people. Ta-Nehisi Coats grapples ...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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46:54
