Archive of Beyond Black and White

An essay by W.E.B. Du Bois on the imperial roots of American racism. 

The police have always been used as a tool for the social control of minority populations and to protect the power and property of the elite. A reading list that puts the call for the abolishment of the police in historical context.

Books that challenge the notion of empire and offer a history of anti-colonial, anti-racist struggle.

A reading list inspired by Black radicalism, featuring Julius Scott's The Common Wind as well as Angela Davis, Manning Marable, and W.E.B. Du Bois.

Challenge yourself with new discoveries in our Radical Thinkers series.

Fundamental reading on race, ethnicity and anti-colonialism.

Last chance to download ALL the free ebooks from our student reading – for this weekend only!

Walter Rodney's groundbreaking work, alongside key artists, writers and activists of the Black radical tradition.

Frantz Fanon, the great Martinican psychiatrist, philosopher and revolutionary, was born on this day in 1925. In this extract from Fanon: A Biography, David Macey explores the afterlives of Fanon's thought.