Archived Site: Black Jonestown

Memory Thieves: Beyond the White Gaze of Jonestown

by Sikivu Hutchinson | Original Article Black lesbian poet and activist Audre Lourde once said, “If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.” Lourde was one of the most fiercely eloquent champions of the revolutionary right of black women to witness and speak…

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My Mother, My Superhero

by Jakari L. Wilson | Original Article My mother is someone that maybe some of you know. Her name is Leslie Wagner Wilson, author of the book Slavery of Faith. But this is a story which I feel is not as impressive as the way that I perceive her. To me, my mother is a…

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