HOW WE STAY FREE

NOTES ON A BLACK UPRISING

“There is more—much more—that needs to be done, of course, before we can reach our goals. But if we cannot as yet sing, “Thank God Almighty, we’re free at last,” we can surely all sing together: “Thank God Almighty we’re moving.”—Paul L. Robeson

Commissioned by the Paul Robeson House & Museum, How We Stay Free: Notes on a Black Uprising collects and presents reflections and testimonies, prose and poetry from those on the frontlines to take stock of where the movement started, where it stands, and where we go from here. A celebration of the Black Philadelphia organizing that sustained the uprising, How We Stay Free is a powerful collection that invites us all to celebrate Black life, find our place in an ongoing rebellion, and organize our communities for the creation of new, better, and freer worlds.

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Brushing Off Authority

Emanuel Darby