Black Star Rising
@blackstarrising.com
Black Star Rising provides insight and resources on Black Studies history and culture accessible beyond college classrooms in order to expand the practice of “education for liberation.”
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
Get launch updates for our Black history courses: BlackStarRising.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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
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
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
January 29, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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
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
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"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...
The Rise and Fall of the Internet As a Politicized Space for Black Art | Steven Underwood
lithub.com/the-rise-and...
The Rise and Fall of the Internet As a Politicized Space for Black Art
I was six years old when I logged on for the first time. It was 2001, fresh after the Twin Towers fell on 9/11. There were plenty of pop-ups comparing President George W. Bush’s IQ with just about …
lithub.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:13 PM
"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...
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
Read the new Substack post at the link below.
#BlackHistory #WEBDuBois #CarterGWoodson
The Early Black History Movement Didn't Ask for Permission
From DuBois to Freedom Schools - we have a long tradition of self-determined education to light the path forward
blackstarrising.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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
Read the new Substack post at the link below.
#BlackHistory #WEBDuBois #CarterGWoodson
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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:
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mspackyetti on Instagram: "🚨🚨ACTION FOR MN: CALL @timwalz AND PUSH FOR AN EVICTION MORATORIUM:📞: 651-201-3400IG: @MNGovernorTWITTER: @GovTimWalz📧: Tim.wal…"
🚨🚨ACTION FOR MN: CALL @timwalz AND PUSH FOR AN EVICTION MORATORIUM:📞: 651-201-3400IG: @MNGovernorTWITTER: @GovTimWalz📧: [email protected]. Thank you Councilmember Robin Wonsley for your leadership and information. FOLLOW HER @minneapolisward2 for more action!!#explore #minnesota #minneapolis #twincities
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January 24, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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...
more here:
www.instagram.com/reel/DT5qBPN...
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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...
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...
The New York Shooting That Defined an Era
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
January 17, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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...
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
January 14, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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