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Brandon M. Terry

Brandon M. Terry is Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies and Social Studies at Harvard University. He is coeditor, with Tommie Shelby, of To Shape a New World: Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Where Do We Go From Here: A Fundraiser for Black Lives

A transcript of our panel discussion on the Black Lives Matter movement.

Elizabeth Hinton, Robin D. G. Kelley, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Brandon M. Terry, Cornel West

Philosophy & Religion

The Radical Equality of Lives

Judith Butler talks with Brandon M. Terry about MLK, the grievability of black lives, and how to defend nonviolence today.

Brandon M. Terry, Judith Butler

Forum Response

A Revolution in Values

King showed respect through disagreement.

Brandon M. Terry

Forum

MLK Now

Canonization has prevented a reckoning with the substance of King’s intellectual, ethical, and political commitments.

Brandon M. Terry

Race

The Cost of Canonizing MLK

A video interview with Brandon Terry.

Brandon M. Terry

Race

MLK Now

Fifty years after the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., canonization has prevented a reckoning with the substance of King’s intellectual, ethical, and political commitments.

Brandon M. Terry

Brandon M. Terry

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Race

Where Do We Go From Here: A Fundraiser for Black Lives

Philosophy & Religion

The Radical Equality of Lives

Forum Response

A Revolution in Values

Forum

MLK Now

Race

The Cost of Canonizing MLK

Race

MLK Now

The War on Critical Race Theory

Portrait of the United States as a Developing Country

Race, Policing, and The Limits of Social Science

The Ever Given and the Monstrosity of Maritime Capitalism

“Marx’s Old Mole is Right Beneath the Surface”

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