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Dealing with Politically Different Family this Holiday

By Jordie Davies This holiday season, many of us will return home to our families, who, even though they... more

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Film Review of ‘Nickel Boys’ by Critic Robert Daniels

This week, as a part of our features series, we have a film review of Nickel Boys, directed by RaMell... more

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Forbidden Laughter: The History of Laughing Barrels

By Sherronda  J. Brown Seems like every year I learn some new factoid about how plantations operated... more

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A New Education System without Police

by Mustafa Ali-Smith, Originally posted on June 30, 2020 As protests continue on both the national and... more

Videos

BYP x AirGo

  • Black Youth Project has joined forces with AirGo for a year-long #BYPSpotlight series, featuring our favorite Black academics and activists. Jawanza is the Executive... more

  • Janae Bonsu talks about learning stillness and finding peace, imagining new interventions when gender violence needs to be addressed, her cheese game, and much more.

  • Black Youth Project has joined forces with AirGo for a year-long #BYPSpotlight series, featuring our favorite Black academics and activists. This month’s #BYPSpotlight... more

  • Black Youth Project has joined forces with AirGo for a year-long #BYPSpotlight series, featuring our favorite Black academics and activists. First up is Barbara... more

  • AirGo and BYP co-curated a set of episodes featuring young Black Chicagoans Damon and Kiss, guest cohost Tribble and the musician Tasha

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