John Killens

Odds Against Tomorrow

Clip Job: Jack Newfield's Mugging!

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJuly 9, 1964, Vol. IX, No. 38The Town Hall 'Mugging'By Nat HentoffI had been anxious to find out what had happened at Town Hall on June 15 when "The Black Revolution and the White Backlash" was discussed by Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Lorraine Hansber ... More >>

Clip Job: Jack Newfield's 'Mugging the White Liberal'

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJune 25, 1964, Vol. IX, No. 36Mugging the White LiberalBy Jack NewfieldImagine three goldfish dropped into a fish tank filled with sharks. Or imagine Billy Budd mugged by the Emperor Jones.Then you might have some idea of the malevolent and paran ... More >>

The Agitators

From blacklisted in the U.S. to the Black Wave in Yugoslavia

In the Line of Fire

From blacklisted in the U.S. to the Black Wave in Yugoslavia

Lifetime Achievement

Abraham Lincoln Polonsky, 1910-1999