Luther College Professors Novian Whitsitt and Guy Nave are conducting research alongside students to create an anthology detailing the history and significance of Black intellectuals. Watch the video.

In 1967, the social critic Harold Cruse published “The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual,” a magisterial and blistering assessment of Black thought leadership that remains startlingly relevant today.

The intermittent debate around the role of black intellectuals, especially academics — whether they are absent from public debates and hence have minimal impact on critical policy issues — is apt and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marybeth Gasman writes about racism, philanthropy, HBCUs & faculty. Black American writer and advocate of radical Black action Dr ...

“Black intellectuals,” Reed wrote, “need to address both black and white audiences, and those different acts of communication proceed from objectives that are distinct and often incompatible.” Being a ...

Amid renewed activism following a Supreme Court ruling and shifting generational trends, some Black church leaders and commentators are urging congregations to confront anti-intellectualism. Advocates ...

The last few months have seen fluctuations in public opinion surrounding ‘migrants’ and concomitant classes of peoples (diaspora communities, refugees, asylum seekers); from scenes welcoming and ...

Now in its third year, The Du Bois Forum seeks to serve as ‘an incubator, a meeting place, and a resting place’ In 1916, W.E.B. Du Bois convened a group of Black scholars and writers to discuss the ...

The seeds of Black History Month were sown more than 100 years ago in the South Side YMCA at 3763 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago. Carter G. Woodson, a University of Chicago alum, was staying in a room at the ...

The Institute for Black Intellectual and Cultural Life will act as the focal point for the Black community’s scholarly, artistic and cultural expression at Dartmouth and beyond. A vibrant new ...