by Jeffrey B. Perry St. Croix-born, Harlem-based Hubert Harrison (1883-1927) is one of the truly important figures of early twentieth-century America. A brilliant writer, orator, educator, critic, and political activist, he was described by the historian Joel A. Rogers, in “World’s Great Men of Color” as “perhaps the […]
by Stephen D’Arcy / Public Autonomy This was first written and posted by historian, scholar, author and activist Stephen D’Arcy on his blog Public Autonomy in 2014. We republish it here on Love and Rage to expand the audience and expand the discussion on the many good points […]
by Wamsutta Frank Bertelle James / United American Indians of New England Fifty years ago, the Wampanoag activist and leader Wamsutta Frank Bertelle James wrote this speech after he was invited by the governor of Massachusetts to speak at the 350 year anniversary celebration of the Pilgrims landing […]
by Love and Rage Team The Utica Abolitionists and other activists marched with the family and friends of Jessie Lee Rose on October 10, 2020 to honor the teenager who was killed by the Utica police in 2013 and to also celebrate Indigenous People’s Day. For a more […]
by The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We are posting this on Love and Rage because it served as a powerful message, and a much needed intervention, in the Black Freedom Struggle of the 1960s. King’s biting critiques, his urging to do away with the politics of […]
by Free the People Roc / Press Release On March 23rd, 2020 the Rochester Police Department (RPD) executed a Black man named Daniel Prude. Mr. Prude was naked, unarmed, and experiencing a mental health crisis. Daniel’s brother Joe had called 911 for help. No one trained to respond […]
by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn / The Indypendent While New York is a largely blue state, there are pockets of red. Upstate, the Republican party’s election-year “law and order” messaging has stoked violence at rallies billed as positive and patriotic. Local Black Lives Matter supporters who say they are […]
by Love and Rage Team Love and Rage Media and another freelance journalist and photographer were on scene at the “Back the Blue” rally organized by Trump and Tenney supporters, which was also sponsored by Dave’s Diner in Schuyler, NY. The August 26th rally was met with opposition […]
by Mohammed Elnaiem / Jstor Daily This interview is accompanied by an article about “The Detroit Rebellion” that contextualizes the tumultuous period in Detroit history that it discusses. Darryl “Waistline” Mitchell and Donald Abdul Roberts (Waistline and Abdul, respectively) grew up in times that resonate with our […]
by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn / Industrial Worker It seemed like any normal workday for Kimberly Jones at the ALDI grocery store in Utica, New York– as normal as it can be for a frontline worker during a pandemic. Jones had worked at ALDI for nearly three years but […]
