Black Futures: An Ode to Freedom Summer

Black Futures Month celebrates Black people, art, culture, joy, and organizing in service to our bold vision for Black liberation.

The Black experience is rife with ingenuity, experimentation, success, and the fight for self-sufficiency. The stories told about Black people by the media don’t reflect the boundless offerings our communities have made that enrich and expand the notion of what it means to be human. Through art, ideas, food, discourse, and dissent, we have shaped the contours of an America deserved of Black people.

Video work: Root Story Films

Shanelle Matthews