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DJ

DJ is an Afro-Indigenous scholar and Professor of Africana Studies whose work bridges Black geographies, Indigenous sovereignty, and abolitionist praxis. A lifelong comrade in the struggle, he wields the classroom and the streets alike as laboratories for radical imagination, weaving rigorous historical research with frontline organizing for land, liberation, and collective joy.

DJ's Latest Articles

From Quindaro to B-REAL: KC’s Long War for Liberation in a Second Trump Era

By DJ ● Abolition ● May 22, 2025

Excavating Kansas City’s layered history of racial violence—and the insurgent tactics our ancestors deployed—reminds us we’ve survived this storm before and we’ll outlast it again. Professor DJ shows how Black Study itself is a frontline of struggle, and a live, breathing tradition in the City of Fountains.