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In this episode, I welcome Petrina Jackson, Executive Director of the Schlesinger Library at Harvard University. Petrina joined us to speak about advocacy and navigating the politics of white institutions.

Episode Resources:

W.E.B. Du Bois (1903). The Souls of Black Folks. https://law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/2282858/Du-Bois,-Souls-of-Black-Folk.Chapters-1-to-4.pdf 

Ruha Benjamin (2024). Imagination: A Manifesto. https://www.ruhabenjamin.com/imagination-a-manifesto

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson and Robyn Maynard (2022). Rehearsals for Living. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/675719/rehearsals-for-living-by-robyn-maynard-and-leanne-betasamosake-simpson/9781039000650 

Jarrett M. Drake (2019). “‘Graveyards of Exclusion:’ Archives, Prisons, and the Bounds of Belonging.” Medium. https://medium.com/community-archives/graveyards-of-exclusion-archives-prisons-and-the-bounds-of-belonging-c40c85ff1663 

@this.cypher [Instagram] “All Skin Folk Ain’t Enemies.” https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKkpWFbxeNj/?igsh=NWtoeWUzYzY4eXJw 

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