The Lit Review Podcast

In this episode, Page talks with UMedics organizer and co-founder Martine Caverl, who breaks down the essential Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet Washington. The book brings together almost two decades of research, revealing the deep roots of America's racialized health inequity, as well as facilitating a greater understanding of why so many Black people view the medical establishment with distrust.

Most of us know Stokely Carmichael as the charismatic leader in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) during the 1960's and as the person who coined the term "Black Power," but what else was behind the life of Stokely Carmichael, aka Kwame Ture? ​Monica and Page chatted with Black Lives Matter-Chicago co-founder Kofi Ademola about Ready for Revolution: The Life and Struggles of Stokely Carmichael, a posthumous autobiography that traces Stokely's life from Guinea to the Bronx to the Delta South and then back to Guinea where he passed in 1998.

In his book, Black-On-Black Violence, Amos Wilson argues that "the criminalization of the Black American male is a psycho-politically engineered process designed to maintain the dependency and relative powerlessness" of Black people. Originally published in 1994, the book is still deeply relevant to reflect on today. In this episode, Page sits down with teacher and organizer, Jasmine Adams, to discuss the lessons from this book.

​Page and Monica sit with their dear friend, researcher, writer, advocate, activist, and organizer, Andrea Ritchie, to talk about her brand new book, Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color. Placing stories of individual women—such as Sandra Bland, Rekia Boyd, Dajerria Becton, Monica Jones, and Mya Hall—in the broader context of the twin epidemics of police violence and mass incarceration, this book documents the evolution of movements centering women’s experiences of policing, and demands a radical rethinking of our visions of safety—and the means we devote to achieving it.

​In this very special five-part episode, Page sat down with SNCC freedom fighter and Chicago-native, Fannie Rushing, for an extended conversation about her organizing experiences, and the seven books that have helped to define them. Not wanting to cut a single word, the interview is broken up into five parts. Take your time to listen, but take the time. It is a gift to all engaged in the struggle to build a better world. Fannie's Seven Books: - Ella Baker & the Black Freedom Movement by Barbara Ransby - Capitalism and Slavery by Eric Williams - Discourse on Colonialism by Aime Cesaire - This Little Light of Mine by Kay Mills - Unbowed by Wangari Maathai - I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai - Earth Democracy by Vandana Shiva

​In this very special five-part episode, Page sat down with SNCC freedom fighter and Chicago-native, Fannie Rushing, for an extended conversation about her organizing experiences, and the seven books that have helped to define them. Not wanting to cut a single word, the interview is broken up into five parts. Take your time to listen, but take the time. It is a gift to all engaged in the struggle to build a better world. Fannie's Seven Books: - Ella Baker & the Black Freedom Movement by Barbara Ransby - Capitalism and Slavery by Eric Williams - Discourse on Colonialism by Aime Cesaire - This Little Light of Mine by Kay Mills - Unbowed by Wangari Maathai - I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai - Earth Democracy by Vandana Shiva

​In this very special five-part episode, Page sat down with SNCC freedom fighter and Chicago-native, Fannie Rushing, for an extended conversation about her organizing experiences, and the seven books that have helped to define them. Not wanting to cut a single word, the interview is broken up into five parts. Take your time to listen, but take the time. It is a gift to all engaged in the struggle to build a better world. Fannie's Seven Books: - Ella Baker & the Black Freedom Movement by Barbara Ransby - Capitalism and Slavery by Eric Williams - Discourse on Colonialism by Aime Cesaire - This Little Light of Mine by Kay Mills - Unbowed by Wangari Maathai - I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai - Earth Democracy by Vandana Shiva

​In this very special five-part episode, Page sat down with SNCC freedom fighter and Chicago-native, Fannie Rushing, for an extended conversation about her organizing experiences, and the seven books that have helped to define them. Not wanting to cut a single word, the interview is broken up into five parts. Take your time to listen, but take the time. It is a gift to all engaged in the struggle to build a better world. Fannie's Seven Books: - Ella Baker & the Black Freedom Movement by Barbara Ransby - Capitalism and Slavery by Eric Williams - Discourse on Colonialism by Aime Cesaire - This Little Light of Mine by Kay Mills - Unbowed by Wangari Maathai - I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai - Earth Democracy by Vandana Shiva

​In this very special five-part episode, Page sat down with SNCC freedom fighter and Chicago-native, Fannie Rushing, for an extended conversation about her organizing experiences, and the seven books that have helped to define them. Not wanting to cut a single word, the interview is broken up into five parts. Take your time to listen, but take the time. It is a gift to all engaged in the struggle to build a better world. Fannie's Seven Books: - Ella Baker & the Black Freedom Movement by Barbara Ransby - Capitalism and Slavery by Eric Williams - Discourse on Colonialism by Aime Cesaire - This Little Light of Mine by Kay Mills - Unbowed by Wangari Maathai - I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai - Earth Democracy by Vandana Shiva

Why, when faced with a disease that was threatening significant numbers of Black people, did Black leaders and dominant institutions fail to take action? In her book, The Boundaries of Blackness: AIDS and the Breakdown of Black Politics, Cathy Cohen systematically examines the roles that politics, racism, and marginalization played in limiting the resources allocated to fighting AIDS in Black communities. Page got the chance to talk directly with Cathy about her research for this book.