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Articles by Jamilla Webb
Revolution Continued
On the final day of the Black Feminist Futures Conference, BFF Founder and Executive Director Paris Hatcher sat down for a powerful keynote conversation with legendary political activist, scholar, and author Dr. Angela Davis. Below is an edited transcript of their exchange. Paris Hatcher: What’s something people might not know about you—or would be surprised to learn? Angela Davis: I used to ride with the Oakland Yellowjackets.
Revolution Pending
Amidst the soulful pulse of New Orleans, the second national Get Free: A Black Feminist Reunion conference took place this past June at the downtown Hyatt Regency. The city—steeped in a legacy of resistance, cultural magic, and radical joy—welcomed a constellation of Black women, girls, and gender-expansive activists and organizers from across the United States. Gathered under the banner of Black Feminist Future (BFF), the reunion felt less like a conference and more like a homecoming.
LETTER FROM AN EDITOR
Riding through the city, my heart sinks a little deeper in my chest whenever I am reminded of Hurricane Ida—the endless sea of blue tarps on rooftops, enormous piles of trash and debris in medians that have yet to be removed, leaning power lines, and fallen trees. All signs that our beloved city is just like us, wounded and tired. Resilience and recovery are words that we know too well. But what happens to a wound that never has time to heal?
LETTER FROM AN EDITOR
By Jamilla Webb July 2020 I am Jamilla Webb. Daughter of Esther Alston. Granddaughter of Esther Wilson. Great granddaughter of Gertrude Dillard. Great-great granddaughter of Hattie Frederick. Great-great-great granddaughter of Nannie Wood Thomas Kelly. Nannie was born into chattel slavery in 1860 on a plantation in Charles County, Maryland. She was the offspring of a white English plantation owner known as Captain Peter Wood.
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