Feminist race theory -- Teaching theory, talking community -- Politicizing the spirit : Toni Morrison -- Black feminism in liberation limbos -- Resting in gardens, battling in deserts : Black women's activism -- Radicalizing Black feminism -- Angela Y. Davis--liberation praxis -- Assata Shakur and Black female agency -- Democracy and captivity -- Black suffering in search of the "beloved community" -- American prison notebooks -- Violations -- War, dissent & social justice -- Academia, activism, and imprisoned intellectuals -- Activist scholars or radical subjects? -- Campaigns against blackness -- Sovereign kinship and the president elect -- The dead zone -- Racism, genocide and resistance -- All power to the people! : Arendt's communicative power in a racial democracy.