Kellie Carter Jackson

Nov 18, 2024 | theemancipator.org | Kellie Carter Jackson

“My husband and I are teaching our kids that it’s ok to work for a dream, and it’s ok to cry and lament when that dream is deferred. But we never stop working toward a goal of justice and liberation. We want our children to have an insatiable appetite for truth and service. And when injustice is run amuck, we are teaching them to know that they are not alone.

Nov 16, 2024 | theemancipator.org | Kellie Carter Jackson

At 10 years old, this is the first election that my son, William, has generally understood. He wanted to stay up and watch the election results with me. After all, our household has talked about the election nonstop and even put up a Harris-Walz sign. We talked about the historic nature of having a Black woman, and my fellow Howard University alum, as the president of the United States. We were all excited, but I told him it would be late and he needed to sleep.

Jul 12, 2024 | cnn.com | Kellie Carter Jackson

Editor’s Note: : Kellie Carter Jackson is the Michael and Denise Kellen ’68 associate professor in the Department of Africana Studies at Wellesley College. She is the author of “We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance” and co-host of the podcasts “This Day in Esoteric Political History” and “You Get a Podcast!” The views expressed here are hers. Read more opinion on CNN.

Jul 3, 2024 | theemancipator.org | Kellie Carter Jackson

“The American Revolution was not revolutionary.” Since the colonial rebellion maintained the same slavery, wealth inequity, and power of White elites it had under Britain, was it just another war? Watch what Kellie Carter Jackson, author of We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance, has to say about what a true revolution accomplishes.

Jul 2, 2024 | theemancipator.org | Kellie Carter Jackson

The American Revolution was not revolutionary. Hear me out. Revolutions are about replacing oppressive and broken systems with just and equitable systems. Revolutions, by definition, must ensure complete structural change for the benefit of everyone, particularly those most in need. A revolution can use force or violence to achieve its goals, but what makes a movement revolutionary is not the tactics or strategy, it is the intended outcome.