Writing the Dark Testament: Black History

ARIONNE NETTLES is a lecturer at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications. As a culture reporter in print and audio, her stories often look into Chicago history, culture, gun violence, policing and race & class disparities as a contributor to the New York Times Opinion, Chicago Reader, The Trace, Medium’s ZORA and Momentum, Chicago PBS station WTTW and NPR affiliate WBEZ. She is also host of Is That True? A Kids Podcast About Facts.

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Black Scare / Red Scare: Theorizing Capitalist Racism in the United States by Charisse Burden-Stelly

A radical explication of the ways anti-Black racial oppression has infused the US government’s anti-communist repression.

The Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation, and Dispossession in America by Andrew W. Kahrl

Revealing a history that is deep, broad, and infuriating, The Black Tax casts a bold light on the racist practices long hidden in the shadows of America’s tax regimes.

We Are the Culture: Black Chicago’s Influence on Everything by Arionne Nettles

Pop culture expert Arionne Nettles takes us through the history of how Black Chicagoans have led pop culture in America for decades, and gives insight into the ways culture spreads and influences our lives.