Yohuru Williams

Yohuru Williams is a professor of history and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Fairfield University. He is author or co-author of several books on the civil rights and black power movements, including the forthcoming The Black Panthers: Portraits from an Unfinished Revolution (Nation Books, 2016).

FeminismSeptember 22, 2016

The Black Panthers’ Overlooked Revolution

Fifty years later, four women who helped build the party look back on the less-attention-grabbing part of its history.

Yohuru Williams and Bryan Shih
Police and Law EnforcementJuly 20, 2016

The Coming War on ‘Black Nationalists’

A caricature of black radicalism is becoming the pretext for aggressive policing of racial-justice activism. We’ve been here before.

Yohuru Williams

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Yohuru Williams

FeminismSeptember 22, 2016

The Black Panthers’ Overlooked Revolution

Fifty years later, four women who helped build the party look back on the less-attention-grabbing part of its history.

Yohuru Williams and Bryan Shih

Police and Law EnforcementJuly 20, 2016

The Coming War on ‘Black Nationalists’

A caricature of black radicalism is becoming the pretext for aggressive policing of racial-justice activism. We’ve been here before.

Yohuru Williams