Marcus Hunter

For the ancestors & for us. I’ve released an open letter calling for integrity, transparency, and accountability in how one of the nation’s first statewide reparations studies is being governed. Reparations is sacred work. How we build our road to repair matters as much as the destination. If this resonates, please read & share. The record is now public. 🔗 Link in bio 📸: @bethaniehinesphotography @afronews @amistadbooks @harpercollins @spotlightprfirm #Reparations #EquityWithIntegrity #PublicAccountability #BlackHistory #MarcusAnthonyHunter

“Bags are ancient. Style is sacred. If clothes were the first thing Eve designed post-apple bite, then the bag that carried her and Adam’s stuff after their eviction from Eden was surely the first intentional accessory. That bag must have carried the weight of the world. Or maybe it carried the tools that would lead to redemption. Perhaps all our bags are carrying so much weight. Our bags are reminders of the universal truth that we are all carrying something with us. That life requires us to carry things is also an opportunity for expression. It is in this route of ancient and sacred, style and truth, humanity and expression, that the ingenious Sprayground has flourished, converting me into a member of its global consumer base.“ if you know or see me, I am likely accompanied by a Sprayground Limited Edition. It brings me great joy to celebrate & acknowledge this wonderful brand during its 15th Anniversary🙏🏾 Super grateful to James Ferrell for his commitment & kindness, Sandflower’s creative genius, brother Prophet for connecting us, & NewsOne for the provision of space to acknowledge, celebrate & share. link in bio for full piece. @sprayground @bma_coalition @veganbuddah180 @prophet5050 @laurabrown99 @charlylpalmer @drdavidjohns @melissahaizlip_ @maxalihunter @pr_whisperer @newsone_official #sprayground #sprayground15

Before there were textbooks, before there were departments, there were people watching people. On Night School with @marclamonthill , I talk about sociology as people science—and how Black communities, out of necessity and brilliance, became some of the world’s first people scientists. Reading rooms. Reading power. Reading danger. Reading possibility. This is ancestral knowledge with modern consequence. 🕯️📚✊🏾 @spotlightprfirm @unitedbyequity @nbjconthemove @asanews @ucla @howard1867 #PeopleScience #NightSchool #MarcLamontHill #BlackIntellectualHistory #BlackSociology #Sociology #AncestralWisdom #RadicalReparations #PublicScholarship

Thank you for life mommy @shellzbellz61_ 💐💐💐 May all mothers in all forms in all times and all spaces experience the sun vibrating with the love of co-creation they have sown in us all. Especial love & compassion for those who arrive on this day with memories of loss & ascension. May love & grace find you today & all days. #mothersday

i am heading into the next book full of vitamin g(ratitude). appreciate all of the solar returning love💚🐂☀️🦚

Amazing day debuting my debut Overseer Class lecture at UCLA History with THE Robin D.G. Kelly. Some highlights: 👮🏿‍♂️seeing charts and images of my words 👨🏾‍🏫 teaching 300 students in a peace and social protest movementa class 🎥 working my bff @flickeringduck @peterfrintrup 📕seeing my fellow @amistadbooks co-author @marcusanthonyhunter ✍️ seeing author @hariziyad after too long 🇵🇸 Being in community with the Palestine supporting students who were physically beaten and shot with bullets and rockets at UCLA

🎙 Marcus Anthony Hunter @marcusanthonyhunter 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM PST Marcus Anthony Hunter, professor, founding chair of the Department of African American Studies at UCLA, and author of Radical Reparations: Healing the Soul of a Nation, discusses his efforts to ensure accountability for the reparations movement in Washington State and gives his analysis on trending political topics. 🎙 Dr. Cornel West @brothercornelwest 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM PST Author, scholar, leading public intellectual, and special contributor, Dr. Cornel West gives his insights about social justice, political and spiritual matters facing America and beyond. 🎙 Amber Littlejohn 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM PST Attorney and minority business advocate Amber Littlejohn talks about the struggles of Black entrepreneurs opening dispensaries and equitable justice, as she works to reduce arrests and imprisonment for non-violent cannabis offenses. 🎙 Jeh Johnson 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM PST Jeh Johnson, former Homeland Security secretary under President Barack Obama, gives his take on the sustainability of the Department of Homeland Security and why he believes Congress has to stop with these funding fights. 🎙 Mayte Garcia @maytejannell 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM PST Former wife of the transformative artist Prince and founder of Live4Love Charities, Mayte Garcia joins Tavis in studio to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the passing of the musical legend.

When you hear @badglalriri talking about a dollar, she’s also talking about dignity, respect and so much more so says UCLA sociologist and author, Dr Marcus Anthony Hunter in a conversation with Dr David Johns @baldwinandcompany bookstore. #repair #reparations #dignity #rihanna

The debate around reparations is often wrapped in negatives. But healing can’t come without repair. And once there is repair a world of opportunity awaits. Excited for this conversation at Baldwin & Co. with author and scholar Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter and activist Dr. David Johns! #reparations #healing #restorativejustice

You may notice a special graphic on my new book and its marketing materials. I'm so proud to share that it's not only because The Overseer Class is being published by @amistadbooks (the oldest Black imprint at any of the Big 5 publishing houses and the publisher of many of my literary heroes, such as Walter Mosley, James Weldon Johnson, Zora Neale Hurston, @marcusanthonyhunter and Alice Walker). It's also becase TOC is being published as a volume of Amistad's 40th year anniversary editions. "For forty years, Amistad Books has been devoted to honoring the legacy of Black literature, amplifying the bold and unapologetic voices of today’s storytellers, and paving the way for inspiring, Black-centered stories of the diaspora. Our authors illuminate, inspire, and imagine the past, present, and future of Blackness." What a bountry and a blessing to be part of a new decade of this literary tradition, and to have @amistadbooks @harpercollins as my home and people like @abbywestnyc and @alyssajoymiller guiding our ship on our journey. A blessing 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

🎙 Marcus Anthony Hunter @marcusanthonyhunter 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM PST Professor, founding chair of the Department of African American Studies at UCLA, and author of Radical Reparations: Healing the Soul of a Nation, shares his thoughts about the U.N. reparations resolution and other trending political topics. 🎙 Dr. Cornel West @brothercornelwest 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM PST Leading public intellectual, author, scholar, and special contributor, Dr. Cornel West gives his analysis about the No Kings nationwide protests and more. 🎙 Jade Lambert-Smith 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM PST Jade Lambert-Smith, Spelman College professor and director of their new musical production of The Color Purple, reflects on the legacy of alum Alice Walker’s seminal work as part of their “Black Joy as Resistance” season. 🎙 Anna Lembke 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM PST Anna Lembke, Stanford University professor and psychiatrist, talks about her testimony in the victorious lawsuit against Meta and YouTube and marks 65 years since the signing of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, laying the foundation for mass incarceration. 🎙 Jaron Lanier @authorjaronlanier 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM PST Jaron Lanier, visionary computer scientist and futurist, is back to lay out the future road ahead for social media following the Meta/YouTube verdict.

Thank you @marcusanthonyhunter for this history lesson. Everything has context, including patterns of injustice. To learn more about African-American history, healing, and resistance, tune in to Episode 233 of the Homecoming Podcast. Available on YouTube and all major audio platforms.