An Anthology of Blackness

Terresa Moses is Creative Director of Blackbird Revolt as well as Director of Design Justice and Associate Professor of Graphic Design at the University of Minnesota. She created Project Naptural, co-created Racism Untaught, and is a board member of the Black Liberation Lab. Omari Souza is an Assistant Professor of Communication Design at the University of North Texas and the organizer of the State of Black Design Conference. Formerly, he worked at Vibe magazine, CBS Radio, and Case Western Reserve University.

Foreword
Dori Tunstall ix

Introduction
Terresa Moses and Omari Souza xiii

1. Black Design Industry + Organizations

An Introduction to Black Design Industry + Organizations 
Terresa Moses and Omari Souza 3

The Ontology of Black Design 
S. Alfonso Williams 7

Stewardship and the Survival of Black Design Communities 
Terrence Moline 13

Shattering Spaces of Othering: Building a Creative Culture of Creativity, Blackness, and Brown Power
Antionette D. Carroll, supported by Maya Aduba Williams 21

So, You Want to Solve the Diversity Problem in Design
Jacinda N. Walker 31

Why Asking for a List Won't Solve Racial Disparities 
Melanie Walby 43

Ain't I a Woman
Omari Souza 57

Using Video Games to Champion Justice and Expand Imaginations of Superheroes 
Jules Porter 69

Designing a Black Future
John Brown VI 79

2. Black Design Pedagogy

An Introduction to Black Design Pedagogy 
Terresa Moses and Omari Souza 87

Black Student Perceptions of Design Courses at an Elite Private University
Lesley-Ann Noel 91

Design's Ledger of White Supremacy: Constructing a Critical Race Pedagogy to Shape Design Futures 
Pierce Otlhogile-Gordon 101

African Design: Origins and Migration
Jillian M. Harris 113

#BlackHistoryMatters
Stacey Robinson 124

The Movement Imprinted
Terresa Moses 129

Using Exhibition Design to Support Political Engagement, Active Learning, and Civic Participation
Anne H. Berry and Kelly Walters 137

3. Black Design Activism 

An Introduction to Black Design Activism 
Terresa Moses and Omari Souza 151

Getting to the Root: An Exhibition Catalog on Natural Hair
Jazmine Beatty 155

Paving the Way: Black Designers Then and Now
Nichole Burroughs 163

Amplifying the Black Voice through Design 
Terresa Moses 175

Peace of Mind 
Kprecia Ambers 196

PANTHERS VOTE! A Studio Project Exposing Past Voter Suppression Methods to a Collegiate Population That Has Been Historically Disenfranchised
Tracey L. Moore 201

Corrections, Curses, and Spoils: How Vote by Mail Information and Service Design Disenfranchised Black Voters in the 2020 US Election Cycle
Asher Kolieboi 211

Amplifying Accessibility and Abolishing Ableism: Designing to Embolden Black Disability Visual Culture
Jennifer White-Johnson 221

Epilogue
Terresa Moses and Omari Souza 231

Acknowledgments 
Terresa Moses and Omari Souza 233

Notes 234