Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor writes and speaks on Black politics, social movements, and racial inequality in the United States. A professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, she is also a contributing writer at The New Yorker, the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, and a coeditor of Our History Has Always Been Contraband: In Defense of Black Studies. She is the author of From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation and Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership, a semifinalist for the National Book Award and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
Upcoming Events
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Solidarity Against Sadism: An Emergency Town Hall
October 14, 2025
Online
United States
Blog
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FREE EBOOK: Our History Has Always Been Contraband
NOW AVAILABLE: Kaepernick Publishing and Haymarket Books release Our History Has Always Been Contraband: In Defense of Black Studies as a free ebook!
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Abolitionist Starter Kit
Abolitionist Starter Kit: five books by acclaimed abolitionist organizers and thinkers to help sharpen our analysis, ground our strategy, and deepen our commitment to collective liberation.
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Where Do We Go From Here? Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor & Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
On Friday, November 6th, Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor joined Haymarket's Anthony Arnove for a conversation about next steps for the struggle in the aftermath of the 2020 election and the ongoing crisis. Here, we present a transcript of their discussion.
Books
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How We Get Free (Updated 2nd Edition)
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Like a Hammer
Edited by Diana Marie Delgado -
Our History Has Always Been Contraband
Edited by Colin Kaepernick, Robin D. G. Kelley, et al. -
A Beautiful Ghetto
by Devin Allen -
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation (Expanded Second Edition)
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We Still Here
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How We Get Free
Edited by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor -
The Anti-Inauguration
by Anand Gopal, Owen Jones, et al.