Boston Ujima Project#Athletes&Activism EditionI can imagine what Colin Kaepernick thought when he decided to kneel during the national anthem in 2016. In the vein of Jackie Robinson’s…Mar 31, 2022Mar 31, 2022
Boston Ujima Project#DeanaLawsonEditionWhile giving a 2018 tour of Kerry James Marshall’s breakthrough solo exhibition, Mastry at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles…Nov 22, 2021Nov 22, 2021
Boston Ujima Project#MoneyEdition: Having Money Isn’t Everything, Not Having It IsWhat Black Sitcoms Tell Us about Class and MoneyJan 21, 2022Jan 21, 2022
Boston Ujima Project#BlackArchive EditionIn the words of archivist and scholar, Saidiya Hartman, “The archive is a living, moving thing, the sources of which are changing as we…Dec 16, 2021Dec 16, 2021
Boston Ujima Project#CarnivalEdition by slandie prinstonCertainly, in the beginning, there were bodies yearning for expansiveness, and an understanding of how people, sound, and space converge to…Aug 18, 2021Aug 18, 2021
Boston Ujima ProjectAfroFuturism EditionIn this edition of the Ujima WIRE, we discuss Afrofuturism as an aesthetic, method and practice.Jun 9, 2021Jun 9, 2021
Boston Ujima ProjectBlack Farmers EditionAcross the United States, the uprisings and calls to support Black owned businesses, have resulted in an uptick in resourcing for Black…Jul 22, 2020Jul 22, 2020
Boston Ujima ProjectFree Somebody Else: Black Philanthropy in the AmericasAugust is Black Philanthropy Month. What follows is an overview of Black Philanthropy in the Americas from the 18th and 19th centuries.Aug 19, 2020Aug 19, 2020
Boston Ujima Project#BlackPhilanthropyEdition Part IILast month, in the #BlackPhilanthropyEdition, we delved into the history of Black Philanthropy Month, and learned more about the methods…Sep 20, 2020Sep 20, 2020
Boston Ujima ProjectLiberation Edition Part 1Liberation: the act of setting someone free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression; release. The power to shape your own existence in…Oct 21, 2020Oct 21, 2020
Boston Ujima ProjectUjima WIRE | On InfrastructureOn April 1, President Biden unveiled a $2 trillion investment in the nation’s infrastructure. The plan would support research, roads…Apr 14, 2021Apr 14, 2021
Boston Ujima Project#LandSovereigntyEditionIt begins with theft, systemic dispossession, treaties, and conquest: the stroke of a pen determines one, two, three, four centuries of…Jul 21, 2021Jul 21, 2021
