To: Joy James, Focus
From: Charlene Carruthers
Date: September 17, 10:11am

From: Jessica Marie Johnson
To: Focus
Date: September 22, 2015, 10:13pm

I am late. I write this response in the wake of the Ferguson Is the Future conference hosted by Princeton AAS, post- the quiet around…

To: Focus
From: Che Gossett
September 15, 2015, 12:05am

I just came from watching Out in the Night, about the NJ4. The film screening was held by FIERCE…

From: Imani Perry
To: Focus
Date: September 18, 2015, 9:51am

Let me begin with a limitation, or a vexation, with the digital age slogan or the hashtag era, period. In the digital age, the…

To: Focus
From: Rinaldo Walcott
September 9, 2015, 10:21 AM

So I have been thinking that one way to conceive of Black Lives Matter as both slogan and organizing principle is to think of it as shock and…

To: Focus
From: Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
September 9, 2015, 3:56 PM

Here are some preliminary thoughts:

In the spirit of black studies’ long tradition of timely, engaged, and accessible critical analysis, the Department of African American Studies at Princeton is excited to launch our new project, Focus. It is intended as a kind of…

From: Joshua Guild
To: Focus
Date: September 24, 2015, 11:12am

Thanks to all of you for these thoughtful and challenging opening provocations. There are many directions the…

To: Focus
From: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
September 11, 2015, 7:55AM

I think the eruption of the Black Lives Matter movement is the most important political…