Happy birthday to activist and chairman of the Black Panther Party Fred Hampton. He was assassinated by Chicago police and the FBI at just 21 years old. William O'Neal, an FBI informant, infiltrated the Black Panthers and set up Fred Hampton for $300. A THREAD

Thank you everyone for contributing towards our End of School Year Awards Ceremony. We're very impressed by our students' performance, including a Chinese #LionDance, #Cantonese & #Mandarin songs. We're now accepting enrolment for 24/25 school year. See contact details below:

#huntercollege students check out Hunter College AANAPISI Project (HCAP) open house 9/17 at HW417 and their other Fall semester events

If you somehow don’t know how this happened…you are how this happened. 🇺🇸

Paul Robeson on the cover of the Lebanese communist magazine al-Thaqafah al-Wataniyya (1954)

Such an honor to debut my video installation *Black Pacific, Chinese Atlantic* 🌊🌊at the Asian Art Biennial in Taiwan. The story of my grandfather from Jamaica to Hong Kong! 🇯🇲🇭🇰

My article on #BlackTechnologies and Fanon is almost out. Proofs! At this stage of my career, I’m trying to write the articles I wish I could’ve cited ten years ago. Expanding on my previous footnotes. So much more to write on Black sonic theory! 🔊

Selecting new interns for the spring Hunter College AFRO-ASIA GROUP! A new season is upon us. 🌻

YES! A STARRED review from PUBLISHERS WEEKLY for my book #DarkLaboratory. 🌟🌟🌟 what a wonderful write up. Publishers Weekly From #DealOfTheWeek to a starred review. It’s been such an incredible journey! publishersweekly.com/9780385549912

New funding alert 🚨excited for our filmmaking journey in Louisiana 2025!

Family history is colonial history for the colonized and the colonizer. From my new chapter “Who gave you permission?” Scholars and their Kin, U Chicago Press

#DarkLabBookClub picks so far #BlackHistoryMonth and #LunarNewYear AFRO-ASIA GROUP DARK LAB

An enlightening podcast with Parisa Vaziri about the representation of racial blackness in Iranian cinema. Great book from @uminpress New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social) newbooksnetwork.com/racial-blackne…

I am pleased to share an essay I have written for Asia Art Archive on the avant-garde in the peripheries. It braids Black Atlantic, postcolonial Asian, and Soviet worlds into a shared thematic frame vis. Aimé Cesaire, Bishnu Dey, Marx-Zasulich, even Stalin. aaa.org.hk/en/like-a-feve…

So honored to be in Conversation with the Incredible Dr. Imani Perry in Boston! We first met in 2007 so this is a really special stop on the Dark Lab Book Tour!! Co-sponsored by Harvard Kennedy School Imani Perry 💙💛🏝️ DARK LAB Harvard Carr Center

Last chance for tickets. Free and open to public. eventbrite.com/e/tao-leigh-go…

Dark Lab 🧪 retreat! NYC is our living laboratory. 🏕️ Hunter College DARK LAB

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary