Angela Ards

Angela Ards is an associate professor of English and the director of journalism at Boston College. She is the author of Words of Witness: Black Women’s Autobiography in the Post-Brown Era.

SocietyFebruary 24, 2021

Finding Community Through Our Dogs in the Darkest Days of the Pandemic

A dog story, in which humans paw their way from isolation to something like community.

Angela Ards
Racism and DiscriminationJuly 8, 1999

Rhyme and Resist

Organizing the Hip-Hop Generation
Each generation must out of relative obscurity discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it.

Angela Ards

Police and Law EnforcementFebruary 18, 1999

When Cops Are Killers

“Justice for Amadou Diallo!” has been the rallying cry throughout New York since four police officers gunned down the unarmed West African immigrant as he stood outside his apartment.

Angela Ards

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Angela Ards

SocietyFebruary 24, 2021

A dog story, in which humans paw their way from isolation to something like community.

Racism and DiscriminationJuly 8, 1999

Organizing the Hip-Hop Generation Each generation must out of relative obscurity discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it.

Police and Law EnforcementFebruary 18, 1999

“Justice for Amadou Diallo!” has been the rallying cry throughout New York since four police officers gunned down the unarmed West African immigrant as he stood outside his apartment.

Organizing the Hip-Hop Generation
Each generation must out of relative obscurity discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it.