Lucy Ward re-examines the sentiments from Patrick Henry’s infamous “Give me liberty or give me death” speech, from the perspective of enslaved people who enacted this rhetoric in their own pursuit of freedom. It traces forms of resistance from fugitivity to the work of Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass, exposing the profound contradictions at the heart of American claims to liberty.

In this article, Jennifer Skipp explores the enduring yet overlooked legacy of Black composers, reflecting on the importance of their contributions to classical music from the Baroque era to the present day.

Eleanor Flower explores the life and impact of poet and academic Audre Lorde, the Black, Lesbian feminist whose fight against oppression continues over three decades after her death, in the resonant form of the Black Unicorn.