Post-Election Reading & Viewing Resources

Born in Africa and bred in the diaspora, Transition is a unique forum for the freshest, most compelling ideas from and about the black world. Since its founding in Uganda in 1961, the magazine has kept apace of the rapid transformation of the African Diaspora and has remained a leading forum of intellectual debate. Now, in an age that demands ceaseless improvisation, we aim to be both an anchor of deep reflection on black life and a map charting new routes through the globalized world. Transition is a publication of the Hutchins Center at Harvard University, published three times annually by Indiana University Press.

Social Text covers a broad spectrum of social and cultural phenomena, applying the latest interpretive methods to the world at large. A daring and controversial leader in the field of cultural studies, the journal consistently focuses attention on questions of gender, sexuality, race, and the environment, publishing key works by the most influential social and cultural theorists. As a journal at the forefront of cultural theory, Social Text seeks provocative interviews and challenging articles from emerging critical voices. Each issue breaks new ground in the debates about postcolonialism, postmodernism, and popular culture.

Founded in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1969 by Robert Chrisman and Nathan Hare, THE BLACK SCHOLAR is the first journal of black studies and research. In it academics, activists, artists and political leaders come to grips with basic issues confronting Afro-America, the diaspora, and Africa. We have debated sexism, multiculturalism, affirmative action, reparations and Ebonics; explored decolonization from South Africa and Cuba to Jesse Jackson’s presidential campaigns; analyzed events from the US invasion of Grenada to the Million Man March, Hurricane Katrina and the attack on Ethnic Studies in Arizona. Our inquiry has ranged from political economy, Black Psychology, and African Literature to Black Power, Popular Culture and music, while highlighting creative figures from Richard Wright and Paule Marshall to Spike Lee.