- April 6 · 12:30pm - April 7 · 8:30pm EDT
Scholars and activists discuss The Black Scholar journal , including issues of radicalism, gender, internationalism, media.
Roundtables:
JoNina Abron-Ervin, Abdul Alkalimat, Sam Anderson, Herb Boyd, Melba Boyd, Horace Campbell, Bill Fletcher, Jr. ,Jimmy Garrett, Gerald Lenoir, Jamala Rogers, Akinyele Umoja, Stan West
Paper presenters and topics:
- Ray Black, Black Masculinity
- Ori Burton, Black Radicalism/Archival Praxis
- Mohamed Elnaiem, National liberation and decolonization
- Julian Glover, Theories of Black genders and sexualities
- Nicholas Grant, Anti-apartheid solidarity
- Christopher J. Lee, Black engagement with Vietnam/Asia
- Fred Moten, TBS Interviews and the poetics of the interview form
- Joe Parrott, Global Third World/Tricontinental issues
- Olufemi Taiwo, The Erasure of African knowledge in global discourse
- Armond Towns, Media in Black studies, TBS, and contemporary society
- Daniel Widener, Internal colonialism, Cuba, TBS as a Black and Thirdworld space
- Komozi Woodard, Malcolm X and Revolutionary Women: 21 Sisters in the Making of Black Liberation
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Reject The Takeover Mass Emergency Meeting – 4/1/2026
The Board of Police Commissioners is demanding $250-350 million of OUR tax dollars to fund police. St. Louisans are coming together to stop this attack and demand that St. Louis City’s budget go towards services and resources that actually help our communities–things like mental health service expansion, Right to Counsel, and funding for a just recovery in North City.

NMC Ribbon Cutting & Community Open House – 2/27/2026
Friday, Feb 27 from 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm CST
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