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1:00pm CDT

Hubert Harrison: Forbidden Genius of Black Radicalism

Saturday July 5, 2025 1:00pm - 2:30pm CDT

Hubert Harrison, the “father of Harlem radicalism,” blazed a trail for Black organizers in the Socialist Party. His Liberty League of Negro Americans catalyzed the rise of Marcus Garvey and the largest international organization of Black people in history. And he defended free love. Because of his radicalism, however, Harrison’s visionary legacy has been erased from popular memory. Until now.

Speakers

Robin D.G. Kelley

Robin D. G. Kelley is Professor and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History at UCLA. He is the author of Hammer and Hoe, Race Rebels, Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination, and Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original, among other titles. His writing... Read More →

Brian Kwoba

Dr. Brian Kwoba is an associate professor of history and Director of the African and African American Studies Program at the University of Memphis. While completing his doctoral degree at the University of Oxford, he co-founded the Oxford Pan-Afrikan Forum (OXPAF) and the #RhodesMustFall... Read More →

Saturday July 5, 2025 1:00pm - 2:30pm CDT
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Black Liberation

3:00pm CDT

Fanon at 100: Insights for Today's Anti-Colonial Struggles

Saturday July 5, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm CDT

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Frantz Fanon is renowned as one of the most important decolonial theorists of the twentieth century. As part of commemorating his 100th birthday, this panel will explore how his work speaks to today’s struggles against settler colonialism, racial domination, and efforts to create an alternative to capitalism-imperialism.

Speakers

Ndindi Kitonga

Ndindi Kitonga, Kenyan-American Educator and long-time community organizer who writes on Black anti-colonial movements; she co-founded Angeles Workshop School, a democratic secondary micro-school in Los Angeles.

Ricado Jacobs

Ricado Jacobs, South African scholar-activist; His work examines how global colonial-racial capitalism and class struggle from below shapes race, ethnicity, gender and class at the local and global level. he worked for more than 15 years in the area of land and agrarian reform, food... Read More →

Peter Hudis

Peter Hudis, author 'Frantz Fanon, Philosopher of the Barricades' and 'Marx's Concept of the Alternative to Capitalism'; general editor of 'The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg.'

Sponsors

International Marxist-Humanist Organization

Saturday July 5, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm CDT
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Black Liberation