Leslie Barlow’s new 66-by-33-foot mural, “Belonging to the Entire Universe,” brings Afrofuturism and Mae Jemison’s legacy to downtown Minneapolis. Callisto Martinez reports on the piece and the artist behind it.
Afrofuturism
Posted inEducation
Professors reflect on Black progress, and what the next decade demands
Black academics Dr. Walter Greason and Dr. Artika Tyner offer a sobering, nuanced and at times hopeful assessment of where Black communities in Minnesota and across the country stand today and where they are headed over the next decade.
Posted inNothing but the Truth
Where history meets the future
Black Minnesota as a source of inspiration worldwide Most 50-year-olds do not move to a new state with their nearly adult children. The vast majority of Minnesotans over 50 would never consider it. Both facts require some explanation about my presence in the Twin Cities. As the DeWitt Wallace Professor of History at Macalester College, […]
Posted inBlack History
Radical Black Futures: Rewriting Liberation with AI and Cannabis
The African American Leadership Forum is hosting the Radical Black Futures Series: Rewriting Liberation with Codes and Cannabis, a two-day summit that aims to engage leading voices in technology, business, and policy to chart a course for economic security, racial justice, and generational wealth-building.
Posted inArts + Culture
Twin Cities ‘multiverse’ convention attracts Black and Brown comic book fans
Leslie Barlow creates an inclusive space for BIPOC nerds with Confluence convention
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‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ continues the series’ quest to recover and celebrate lost cultures
Simply put, a reverence for ancestral knowledge and culture is the beating heart of Afrofuturism.