ContrabandCamp
Michael Harriot, Genetta M. Adams, David A. Love, LaTosha Brown, The Low End Theorist, Aaron Ross ColemanSmart. Bold. Brilliant. Black.
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Why Black People Love Dolly
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In Loving Memory of Eddie King Jr.
The late actor Michael Wright breathed life into one of the most legendary artists in Black cinematic history.
I don’t believe in dead people.
How Blaxploitation Exposed the Reality of Oligarchy
Long before Occupy Wall Street and concerns over “the one percent,” Blaxploitation films and their satirical offspring of the early aughts warned about the dangers of a system run by a powerful cabal.
Before Occupy Wall Street, before the...
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Genetta M. Adams is editor-in-chief of ContrabandCamp. She lives in Brooklyn, loves trees, playing poker and cooking.
David A. Love is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Journalism and Media Studies at Rutgers University, and a Philly-based writer who focuses on issues of justice, race, human rights, law and politics.
LaTosha Brown is a social justice activist, co-founder of Black Voters Matter Fund, and founder of Southern Black Girls & Women’s Consortium. A Glamour Woman of the Year and Forbes 50 Over 50 honoree, she’s also a musician and playwright.
Gatekeepin’ culture and daydreamin’ about a simpler time before Cash Money took over for the 99 and the 2000.
Writer and journalist published in The New York Times, GQ, The Nation, BuzzFeed, The Intercept, CNBC, and elsewhere. Subscribe to my new home, Freedom Studies, where I write about abolition, economic democracy, and emancipation.
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