An Anthology of Blackness

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