Photo by Davon Clark By Danielle Butler ·Updated August 1, 2022
Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly, colloquially known as Dr. CBS (and famously @blackleftaf on her prolific Twitter account), spoke to ESSENCE about the importance of Black August, her forthcoming coedited book, Organize, Fight, Win: Black Communist Women’s Political Writing, and the radical Black women whose legacies get sanitized.
ESSENCE: What are the origins of Black August?
CHARISSE BURDEN-STELLY: Black August emerged from
