Being Property Once Myself: Blackness and the End of Man

Being Property Once Myself: Blackness and the End of ManWinner of the William Sanders Scarborough PrizeA prizewinning poet argues that Blackness acts as the caesura between human and nonhuman, man and animal. Throughout US history, Black people have been configured as sociolegal nonpersons, a subgenre of the human. Being Property Once Myself delves into the literary imagination and ethical concerns that have emerged from this experience. Each chapter tracks a specific animal figurethe rat, the cock, the

the authors examine cultural forms

among them such classic works as: “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July

there is some agreement that its achievement of institutional acceptance with separate programs

Haylee and Comet share one simple wish: a friend

the real-life inspiration of the evil and infantile lion in the beloved Disney animation Robin Hood

This war doesn’t only affect her and her crew

Our communities are statistically less safe than the average

A Knight in Shining…Thunderbolt Armor

and racially-mixed families

The Wuhan Cover-Up pulls back the curtain on how the US government's increase in biosecurity spending after the 2001 terror attacks set in motion a plan to transform the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Size: 4'W x 5'L / 100% CottonText: The Obamas

They have a system: Find the perfect mark