Larry Kenneth Alexander, devoted husband, father, grandfather, community advocate, and independent scholar, passed away on May 4, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, following a short and sudden illness. He was 74.
Larry Kenneth Alexander exposes how U.S. slavery was not inherited but created by denying due process to 500,000 Afro-English colonials.
Explore whether racial slavery was legal under English law. Larry Kenneth Alexander reveals how colonial slavery was an extralegal system.
Larry Kenneth Alexander, Founder and President of the Ida B. Wells Center on American Exceptionalism and Restorative Justice, will be speaking at the 110th Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH).
It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Dr. James Brewer Stewart, a cherished member of the Advisory Board of the Ida B. Wells Center.
America’s slavery narrative was built on corruption, not law. Discover how British legal rulings had already abolished colonial slavery before 1776—and how Afrofuturism reclaims history to envision justice and reparations.
The legacy of Foundational Black Americans is essential to understanding the true history of slavery in the United States. This final installment explores how Afrofuturism serves as a tool for historical recovery and envisions new possibilities for reparations and justice.
Uncover how the United States violated international law by sustaining hereditary slavery after British law had abolished it. Learn how Afrofuturism reexamines history and offers speculative storytelling as a means of justice and historical correction.
Discover how 500,000 Black colonials were unlawfully enslaved after the Treaty of Paris (1783) and became the foundation of America’s slave-based economy. Explore how Afrofuturism challenges historical distortions and reclaims Black narratives for the future.
Discover the hidden truth about colonial slavery and its legal abolition before 1776. Learn how corruption and racial repression shaped America’s slave-based economy, violating British law and the Treaty of Paris of 1783. Explore the legal case for restitution and reparations for 500,000 wrongfully enslaved Black colonials.