Black Agenda Report
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| Founder(s) | Glen Ford, Bruce A. Dixon, Nellie Bailey, Margaret Kimberly, and Leutisha Stills |
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| Editor-in-chief | Margaret Kimberley[1] |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Country | United States |
| Website | www |
Black Agenda Report (BAR) is Black American news outlet and radio program launched in 2006.
Content
Black Agenda Report concerns topics such as "women's rights issues, history, business, sports, and entertainment" from a Black American perspective.[2] It is an independent, alternative,[3] Black-owned,[4] publication which denounces both the Democratic and Republican parties, positioning itself as an outsider.[5]
History
Black Agenda Report was founded as a radio and TV program in 2006 by Glen Ford, Bruce A. Dixon, Nellie Bailey, Margaret Kimberly, and Leutisha Stills.[6] Ford had previously worked at the program Black Commentator, but left in 2006 to form the Report with other previous staff members.[2][7] During the presidency of Barack Obama, journalists of the outlet severely criticized the president and accused him of being backed by corporations.[8][9] Along with Facing South, the Report was the only media outlet to provide major coverage of the 2010 Georgia prison strike.[10]
References
- ^ "Contact Us". Black Agenda Report. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on April 29, 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
- ^ a b Claflin 2022.
- ^ Chin 2013, p. 55.
- ^ Chin 2013, p. 68.
- ^ Jones 2024, p. 14.
- ^ West & Buschendorf 2014, p. 212.
- ^ Risen 2021.
- ^ Dyson 2016, pp. 25–26.
- ^ James 2009, p. 471.
- ^ Park & Gleeson 2014, p. 74.
Bibliography
- Chin, Jeremiah (2013-01-01). "Lockdown for Liberty: Black Masculinities, Mass Incarceration and Labor in the Georgia Prisoners Strike". Law Journal of Social Justice. 4: 54.
- Claflin, Ed (2022). "MEMORIALS". Fellowship. Vol. 84, no. 2. GLEN FORD. ProQuest 2644084250. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
- Dyson, Michael Eric (2016). The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-544-81180-5.
- James, Joy (2009-07-01). "The Dead Zone: Stumbling at the Crossroads of Party Politics, Genocide, and Postracial Racism". South Atlantic Quarterly. 108 (3): 459–481. doi:10.1215/00382876-2009-003. ISSN 0038-2876.
- Jones, Joseph (2024-05-10). "How the (Digital) Black Press (Still) Counters Hegemony, Redeems Democracy, and Cultivates Care". Howard Journal of Communications: 1–22. doi:10.1080/10646175.2024.2351116. ISSN 1064-6175.
- Park, John; Gleeson, Shannon (2014-02-03). The Nation and Its Peoples: Citizens, Denizens, Migrants. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-10368-2.
- Risen, Clay (2021-08-18). "Glen Ford, Black Journalist Who Lashed the Mainstream, Dies at 71". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
- West, Cornel; Buschendorf, Christa (2014-10-07). Black Prophetic Fire. Beacon Press. ISBN 978-0-8070-0353-4.