The Black Papers: A Policy Agenda for Black Liberation in the 21st Century: Sociology Re-Wired
Editat de David J. Johnsen Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 oct 2026
Born from the State of the People movement, a national call to action rallying, restoring, and reimagining what's possible for Black communities, The Black Papers: A Policy Agenda for Black Liberation in the 21st Century stands in the lineage of the 1905 Niagara Movement, the 1972 Gary Political Convention, and decades of Black political organizing to address what previous efforts left incomplete: sustained infrastructure for collective liberation. Through 26 rigorously researched policy briefs, the volume covers economic justice, education reform, health equity, democratic governance, criminal justice transformation, environmental justice, reparations, and specialized policy domains. Each chapter provides specific federal, state, and local recommendations, translating complex policy analysis into accessible frameworks for action. The Black Papers deliver what policymakers, organizers, educators, and community members need most: evidence-based roadmaps for systemic change. Contributors include university professors and grassroots activists, former White House officials and community organizers, attorneys and artists—representing the breadth of Black genius and the depth of collective commitment to Black flourishing.
This volume will serve undergraduate and graduate courses in public policy, sociology, African American studies, urban planning, and education while remaining accessible to undergraduate students, advocacy professionals, and general readers. Developed alongside the State of the People Power Tour, which activated grassroots movements in thirteen cities nationwide, the project integrates scholarship with community organizing. Companion digital resources at stateoftheppl.com provide multimedia content, data visualizations, and advocacy tools that extend the book's impact beyond the page.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781041270904
ISBN-10: 1041270909
Pagini: 840
Ilustrații: 950
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 mm
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Sociology Re-Wired
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1041270909
Pagini: 840
Ilustrații: 950
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 mm
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Sociology Re-Wired
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Public țintă
Academic and Undergraduate AdvancedCuprins
Introduction to the Black Papers: A Love Letter to Our Community; 1. Foundational People Power: Embracing the Challenge to Reclaim Democracy; 2. Architects of Democracy: Reclaiming Voting Rights and Reimagining America, Section II: Economic Justice; 3. Solidarity in Action: How Black Workers and Unions Are Building Economic Justice; 4. Building an Economy That Works for Us: The Black Economic Vision; 5. The Power of Ownership: How Black Entrepreneurship Builds Economic Freedom and Community Wealth, Section III: Education; 6. Start With Us: How Early Care and Education Shapes Democracy; 7. Beyond Protest, Toward Power: K-12 Education and Thriving Black Students in America; 8. Higher Learning: The Black Learner in Higher Education-Pathways, Challenges, and Opportunities (Higher Learning Black Paper Part I); 9. Institutional Contexts for Black Learners: The Role of HBCUs, Community Colleges, and Digital Education (Higher Learning Black Paper Part II); Section IV: Health and Well-Being; 10. 12 Years Lost: Confronting America's Black Health Equity Crisis; 11. Reproductive Justice at the Crossroads: Black Communities Navigating Care Deserts in Post-Roe America; 12. Protecting Black Mothers: Ending Disparities in Maternal Health; Section V: Identity and Liberation; 13. Gender Equity: A Black Paper; 14. Disability Justice and Equity in the Black Community: An Intersectional Approach; 15. Black Immigration Policies, Black Lives: A Call to Action; Section VI: Infrastructure and Environment; 16. Green Dreams Deferred: Environmental Justice in Black America; 17. Rooted Resilience: Black Land Stewardship in the Face of Climate Crisis; 18. Housing As a Human Right; 19. Pathways To Mobility: Transportation Infrastructure and Policy in the United States; 20. Digital Equity is a Civil Right; 21. Securing Black America: A Revolutionary Framework for True National Security; Section VII: Public Safety and Justice; 22. Policing in America: Reimagining Public Safety in Black Communities; 23. Unshackling Our People: Ending Mass Incarceration Through Community Power and Policy Transformation; 24. How We Keep Us Safe: A Guide on Gun Safety for Black Communities; Section VIII: Reparations and Repair; 25. From Capitol to Commonwealth: The Historical Imperative and Contemporary Case for Washington, D.C. Statehood; 26. Reparations: Healing Our People’s Hearts and Our Nation’s Soul; Conclusion
Notă biografică
Dr. David J. Johns is an education policy expert and advocate for Black and LGBTQ+ youth. Former Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans, he now leads the National Black Justice Collective a civil rights organization, advancing equity through research, advocacy, and intersectional leadership.
Recenzii
“The Black Papers are an essential guide to renewing the spirit of resistance, survival, and power-building that have brought us thus far on our way. It is the work of a new generation of Black thinkers, workers, and warriors.”
Joy-Ann (Joy) Reid, Host of the Joy Reid Show
“The NAACP has always known resistance alone is not enough. In this moment, resistance must be reimagined—not just as opposition to injustice, but as the construction of justice itself. The Black Papers embody that shift. Across 26 chapters, it delivers legislative frameworks, budget blueprints, and organizing strategies that move us from protest to policy—and from resistance to liberation.”
Derrick Johnson, President and CEO, NAACP
“Intersectionality is a lens through which you can see where power collides and interlocks. The Black Papers extends that lens to every dimension of Black life: democracy, education, health, justice, and economics. But the chapters don’t just diagnose structural racism; they map comprehensive pathways to dismantle it. This volume shows what happens when scholars, organizers and policymakers refuse to accept single-axis solutions, and it is essential for anyone serious about liberation.”
Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw, Executive Director, African American Policy Forum; Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law, Columbia; Distinguished Professor and Promise Institute Chair on Human Rights, UCLA
“After George Floyd and Breonna Taylor were murdered, I said we're in a state of emergency. My book State of Emergency explained how we got here. The Black Papers map how we get free, 26 chapters of actionable policy across democracy, justice, health, education, and economic empowerment. This is the comprehensive roadmap for the transformation we're demanding.”
Tamika D. Mallory, Co-Founder, Until Freedom; Youngest Executive Director, National Action Network; Author, State of Emergency and I Lived to Tell the Story
“In a political moment when Black communities need more than hashtags and hot takes, The Black Papers delivers what we've been missing: comprehensive policy frameworks rooted in our lived experiences and ready for implementation. From democracy to education to justice, this volume doesn't just diagnose our crises—it hands us the blueprints for building something better. This is the policy handbook the movement needs—and our people built it from the ground up.”
Brittany Packnett Cunningham, Activist, Educator, Host of UNDISTRACTED
“2025 brought an insurmountable surge of attacks on LGBTQ people—from the tireless recycling of anti-LGBTQ and especially anti-trans legislation, to social media companies retreating from trust & safety to appease right-wing activists. As our movement pushes for visibility and accountability across the media landscape on the daily, we also need comprehensive policy infrastructure. The Black Papers provide exactly that—rigorous frameworks that don't compromise on what liberation requires. From voting rights to media justice to LGBTQ+ policy, this volume meets the moment.”
Sarah Kate Ellis, President of GLAAD
“For 50 years, the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation has built intergenerational civic engagement infrastructure in Black communities. For 30 years, I've led that work. The Black Papers provides the policy infrastructure our civic power demands—comprehensive frameworks across voting rights, economic justice, health equity, education, and more. Black Women's Roundtable's priorities are centered throughout. This is a timely policy roadmap that meets the moment that calls for vision and transformational change.”
Melanie L. Campbell, President & CEO, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation; Convener, Black Women's Roundtable, Founder, NCBCP Thomas W. Dortch Jr. Institute anchored at Clark Atlanta University
“The Task Force's tagline is 'Be You'—but being yourself requires policy protection. The Black Papers, Volume I provides a blueprint to that protection across LGBTQ+ rights, reproductive justice, voting rights, healthcare, and economic security. The last 25 years of my career have proven to me that in addition to building resilience and agile organizing, we need comprehensive policy infrastructure that doesn't ask us to choose which identity to fight for.”
Kierra Johnson, President, task force, 2025 OUT 100 honoree, pansexual Black woman, Southern Queer Mom of 3
“As a child of immigrants, a Black man, and a gay man, I know firsthand that intersectional organizing isn’t optional - it’s essential. The Black Papers offers the comprehensive policy framework we need to protect, expand, and sustain our communities. From voting rights to immigration to health justice to LGBTQ+ liberation, this volume centers the realities our movement lives every day. Proud to stand with this work.”
Kenya Hutton, MPH, President & CEO, Center for Black Equity
“The Black Papers offers a timely contribution to the contemporary policy implications impacting the lives of Black Americans (and other Americans more broadly). As a collection of essays and policy proposals from leading and emerging scholars who are aiming to impact policymakers, the book will be a stand-out in the policy agenda arena. Unlike any other text, the nature of the policy agenda’s creation alongside policymakers, academics, and community organizers together make the contribution of this book emblematic not only as a model of policy but also as method.”
Terrell Winder, author of Shameless: The Making of Black Gay Identities in LA
“This book offers a rigorous, critical, timely, and useful tool to readers seeking to turn research into actionable outcomes with specific and concrete policy recommendations, which really is the strength of the volume, and why it makes an important contribution at this present moment in US history.”
Jason Sexton, Lecturer in Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles
Joy-Ann (Joy) Reid, Host of the Joy Reid Show
“The NAACP has always known resistance alone is not enough. In this moment, resistance must be reimagined—not just as opposition to injustice, but as the construction of justice itself. The Black Papers embody that shift. Across 26 chapters, it delivers legislative frameworks, budget blueprints, and organizing strategies that move us from protest to policy—and from resistance to liberation.”
Derrick Johnson, President and CEO, NAACP
“Intersectionality is a lens through which you can see where power collides and interlocks. The Black Papers extends that lens to every dimension of Black life: democracy, education, health, justice, and economics. But the chapters don’t just diagnose structural racism; they map comprehensive pathways to dismantle it. This volume shows what happens when scholars, organizers and policymakers refuse to accept single-axis solutions, and it is essential for anyone serious about liberation.”
Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw, Executive Director, African American Policy Forum; Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law, Columbia; Distinguished Professor and Promise Institute Chair on Human Rights, UCLA
“After George Floyd and Breonna Taylor were murdered, I said we're in a state of emergency. My book State of Emergency explained how we got here. The Black Papers map how we get free, 26 chapters of actionable policy across democracy, justice, health, education, and economic empowerment. This is the comprehensive roadmap for the transformation we're demanding.”
Tamika D. Mallory, Co-Founder, Until Freedom; Youngest Executive Director, National Action Network; Author, State of Emergency and I Lived to Tell the Story
“In a political moment when Black communities need more than hashtags and hot takes, The Black Papers delivers what we've been missing: comprehensive policy frameworks rooted in our lived experiences and ready for implementation. From democracy to education to justice, this volume doesn't just diagnose our crises—it hands us the blueprints for building something better. This is the policy handbook the movement needs—and our people built it from the ground up.”
Brittany Packnett Cunningham, Activist, Educator, Host of UNDISTRACTED
“2025 brought an insurmountable surge of attacks on LGBTQ people—from the tireless recycling of anti-LGBTQ and especially anti-trans legislation, to social media companies retreating from trust & safety to appease right-wing activists. As our movement pushes for visibility and accountability across the media landscape on the daily, we also need comprehensive policy infrastructure. The Black Papers provide exactly that—rigorous frameworks that don't compromise on what liberation requires. From voting rights to media justice to LGBTQ+ policy, this volume meets the moment.”
Sarah Kate Ellis, President of GLAAD
“For 50 years, the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation has built intergenerational civic engagement infrastructure in Black communities. For 30 years, I've led that work. The Black Papers provides the policy infrastructure our civic power demands—comprehensive frameworks across voting rights, economic justice, health equity, education, and more. Black Women's Roundtable's priorities are centered throughout. This is a timely policy roadmap that meets the moment that calls for vision and transformational change.”
Melanie L. Campbell, President & CEO, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation; Convener, Black Women's Roundtable, Founder, NCBCP Thomas W. Dortch Jr. Institute anchored at Clark Atlanta University
“The Task Force's tagline is 'Be You'—but being yourself requires policy protection. The Black Papers, Volume I provides a blueprint to that protection across LGBTQ+ rights, reproductive justice, voting rights, healthcare, and economic security. The last 25 years of my career have proven to me that in addition to building resilience and agile organizing, we need comprehensive policy infrastructure that doesn't ask us to choose which identity to fight for.”
Kierra Johnson, President, task force, 2025 OUT 100 honoree, pansexual Black woman, Southern Queer Mom of 3
“As a child of immigrants, a Black man, and a gay man, I know firsthand that intersectional organizing isn’t optional - it’s essential. The Black Papers offers the comprehensive policy framework we need to protect, expand, and sustain our communities. From voting rights to immigration to health justice to LGBTQ+ liberation, this volume centers the realities our movement lives every day. Proud to stand with this work.”
Kenya Hutton, MPH, President & CEO, Center for Black Equity
“The Black Papers offers a timely contribution to the contemporary policy implications impacting the lives of Black Americans (and other Americans more broadly). As a collection of essays and policy proposals from leading and emerging scholars who are aiming to impact policymakers, the book will be a stand-out in the policy agenda arena. Unlike any other text, the nature of the policy agenda’s creation alongside policymakers, academics, and community organizers together make the contribution of this book emblematic not only as a model of policy but also as method.”
Terrell Winder, author of Shameless: The Making of Black Gay Identities in LA
“This book offers a rigorous, critical, timely, and useful tool to readers seeking to turn research into actionable outcomes with specific and concrete policy recommendations, which really is the strength of the volume, and why it makes an important contribution at this present moment in US history.”
Jason Sexton, Lecturer in Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles
Descriere
Presenting the most comprehensive Black policy agenda produced in a generation, offering concrete, actionable recommendations across every dimension of Black life in America, this book features contributions from over 100 leading scholars, policymakers, and community organizers to transform research into policy action.