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250 years of African American poetry: songs of struggle, freedom, and life

A groundbreaking anthology part of a nationwide project celebrates the essential role of the Black poetic imagination.
Demo Day

Bryan Stevenson believes something better is waiting for us

“There is something that feels more like freedom, feels more like equality, feels more like justice waiting for us but to get there, we’re gonna have to commit to this truth-telling, we’re gonna have to commit to fixing and repairing the damage.”
America Seen

Shan Wallace says community means family in Baltimore

“Here, I know I’m loved, and I know I belong. I know my purpose, and my community has taken responsibility for protecting and nurturing me, and supporting me and reminding me of this purpose. The reciprocity between us is always present.”
Fellows Friday Series

A new anthology highlights the diverse women leading the climate movement

Marine biologist Ayana Elizabeth Johnson talks abou thte essays she curated for All We Can Save, her won journey to becoming a leader on climate, and the emerging, “Feminist Climate Renaissance.”
FELLOWS FRIDAY SERIES

How our public spaces reflect, distort, and create our historical memory

Writer, poet and Emerson fellow at New America Clint Smith talks with Mitch Landrieu about the movement to take down monuments – and America’s overdue reckoning with the legacy of slavery.
Demo Day

BMike on the role of art and activism

In conversation with Jennifer Arceneaux, Emerson Collective’s Director of Strategy Integration. BMike is a public artist who sees his work as a collaboration with the community and a dialogue with his audience.
America Seen

Quiet moments of resolve and determination to love and heal

Vanessa Charlot is interested in capturing how Black people survive, and thrive in the face of oppression.
America Seen

African American cemeteries offer a counter point to the narrative of white supremacy

“For Black folk who were born property, like many in my own family, cemeteries are often the only places one can find records of a person’s existence.” -Brian Palmer

History is not even the past. It’s the present.

JAMES BALDWIN

Priorities

Gordon Parks, A self taught photographer with a deep commitment to social justice, racial equity, and the expansiveness of blackness, was one of the greatest humanitarians of the 20th century.

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