Panel 1: Narrating Black Identity and Cultural Survival

Article: The Power of Storytelling in Black Culture by Dr Marquita Foster

Article: Reclaiming Identity: The Legacy of Slavery and Storytelling in Contemporary African American Literature

Panel 2: Building Black Institutions as Sites of Power

Article: How Black Churches Built the Civic Infrastructure That Kept the Nation Alive

Article: The Importance of Black Cultural Centers, Student Unions, and Faculty Organizations in Higher Education by Tori Stevenson

Podcast: Teaching Hard History - Episode 8, Season 4: Building Black Institutions: Autonomy, Labor and HBCUs

Panel 3: Freedom, Wealth, Ownership, and Collective Prosperity

Article: “The Emerging Solidarity Economy: A Primer on Community Ownership of Real Estate” — Brookings Institution

Panel 4: Resistance, Protection, and the Pursuit of Freedom

Article: What is “Freedom” in the Black Freedom Struggle? By M. Keith Claybrook, Jr.

Panel 5:

Black Futures: Representation, Governance, and Collective Liberation

Article: Black Leaders Describe What America Needs for a Better Future by Avenel Joseph

Article: Possibility to Power: How Black Women Leaders Are Building New Futures by Amoretta Morris

Joy Reid