Mariame Kaba

A brief history of the Chicago Race Riot of 1919, inspired by the politics surrounding the Occupy protests and its relationship with policing.

Essays and short fiction on why read/who reads poetry.

Poetry is a literary journal comprised of poems focused on culture. It was founded in 1912 by Harriet Moore.

This guidebook, written by Mariame Kaba and Essence McDowell, features a number of Black women who contributed to the development of Chicago from the mid-19th century to today. It tells a story of Black women activists, educators and artists who lived and worked on Chicago’s South Side by taking readers on a tour of relevant landmarks and locations.

"This pamphlet illustrates how police violence in fact engendered resistance from Blacks in cities like Harlem. Harlem became the epicenter of black New York and perhaps even black America at the turn of the 20th century. In Harlem, tensions with the police were a permanent part of life. In 1943, a riot was triggered by a police officer's mistreatment of a young woman. In 1957, Malcolm X came to a national prominence following an incident of police brutality. In 1964, Harlem once again went up in flames after another incident of police mistreatment of local residents. This pamphlet will focus on these three episodes to provide some perspective about the history of police violence in New York City and particularly in Harlem in the mid-20th century. The topics are covered in an introductory manner and additional information is provided at the end for those who want to focus more in-depth." (Abstract taken from page 1).

This zine is a reprint of the 1975 publication Consciousness Raising Guidelines, a handbook for women wishing to start a consciousness raising (CR) group during the second-wave feminist movement in the late 1960s and 70s. The authors also contribute modern-day commentary on the utility of these groups today and challenge readers to expand their understanding of CR beyond the typical White feminist framework it has usually been characterized by.

This was a publication produced as part of the Juvenile Justice series published by the Hull House Museum in Chicago in partnership with the Chicago Freedom School. It seeks to educate about the particular violences faced by young women and girls as the hands of the Illinois juvenile justice system.

Something is Wrong: Exploring the Roots of Youth Violence was inspired by the fatal beating of Derrion Albert, 16, a Fenger High School student in Chicago in 2009. The goal of the guide is to help educators start a positive dialogue about youth violence. This curriculum guide was made through the partnership of the Chicago Freedom School, Project NIA, and Teachers for Social Justice.

According to a 2003 survey by the Young Women's Action Team (YWAT)a positive call to action was issued in December 2005, "We reached out to men and women [young and old] across Chicago to participate in a Citywide Day of Action against Street Harassment on May 4th 2006. The YWAT wanted everyone to hear the message that "The Streets Belong to All of Us." We hoped that at least 100 different "actions", individual and collective, would take place across Chicago on May 4th. We surpassed our goal with over 140 actions." And this magazine documents those actions that took place May 4, 2006.