The Combahee River Collective wasn’t just known for their organizing efforts, they are also the first to use the phrase “identity politics” which is found in their 1977 statement. Can you think of any organizations doing similar work to the CRC?

Being an ally isn’t just reading books by Black authors about how to be anti-racist. It’s learning how we got here, and how to show up in solidarity and putting white comfort to the sidelines. Our Resist Racism course launches next month! Get notified when doors open at blackstarrising.com

1619 was a turning point - not an origin story. The foundations of race and power were in motion before the first Africans arrived in America. We invite you to learn more Banned History when the doors to the Black Star Rising communiversity open - get notified at blackstarrising.com

People that have not studied Black Studies often assume it is the study of Black people. But it is not. Black Studies is a rigorous examination of what it means to be human. Read more about this in our latest Substack post: #BlackStudies #BlackHistoryMonth

What would public education look like if students learned to interrogate power and inequality? The future might look very different. Learn more about Black Panther Liberation Schools when our courses launch: BlackStarRising.com

You might have heard these terms before, but do you know what they really mean? We dig deeper into Resisting Racism in our courses that are launching soon! Be the first to know when they’re live by signing up for our email newsletter at BlackStarRising.com

The banning of books, eliminating DEI in the workplace and in college courses, defunding programs and research related to race - it’s all intentional. The government does not want you to know our racist past. And that is why we still need to talk about race. Read our latest Substack post here:

Kwame Ture’s words from over 30 years ago seem rather relevant to the uprisings we are seeing now in Minneapolis and across the country. To learn more about Black power and resisting racism, get notified about launch updates to the Black Star Rising communiversity at BlackStarRising.com

Before Black Studies was institutionalized, it was taught by poets, artists, and cultural workers willing to risk everything to tell the truth. Sonia Sanchez was one of them. Her story reminds us that Black Studies was built by movement, not permission. Read the latest Substack post here:

Black history is not a sidebar to American history — it is the foundation of how this country was built. Our upcoming course, Banned Black History, traces the roots of race and power in the U.S. Get notified of when the Black Star Rising communiversity officially opens: BlackStarRising.com

If you think Black History Month was handed to us — or that “Black history 365” is a new idea — this story might change how you see February altogether. Read the new Substack post below! #BlackHistoryMonth #CarterGWoodson#BlackHistory#BlackHistory

There’s a reason Black history is being erased from classrooms. These books push back with truth about how this country was built. Get launch updates for our Black history courses: BlackStarRising.com

If history feels incomplete, that’s not an accident. Systems of power decide what gets taught — and what gets erased. Our upcoming course, Banned Black History goes where textbooks won’t. Sign up for launch updates when the Black Star Rising communiversity opens in February: www.BlackStarRising.com

"In 2019, the spaces for Black folk to rest and roost on the internet were plentiful. By 2025, those places blinked out like starlight." The Rise and Fall of the Internet As a Politicized Space for Black Art | Steven Underwood lithub.com/the-rise-and...

Before Black history was taught in classrooms, Black communities built their own institutions, journals, freedom schools, and study networks to fight miseducation and preserve the truth of their history. Read the new Substack post at the link below. #BlackHistory #WEBDuBois #CarterGWoodson

Organizers are calling for Governor Tim Walz to issue a statewide eviction moratorium to protect people who are unable to work due to ICE‘s terror campaign more here: www.instagram.com/reel/DT5qBPN...

The New York Shooting That Defined an Era | Adam Gopnik On a mild December day in 1984, a man named Bernie Goetz shot four Black teen-agers on a subway. The incident galvanized the city. Are we still living in its wake? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

As we honor the life of #ClaudetteColvin may we learn from our mistakes. The movement REFUSED to defend her. Why? Because colorism, classism, elitism, rumors of pregnancy. Colvin was deemed "inappropriate," & many wouldn't defend a Black girl for the same reasons today. RIP #respectability