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A reading path

I want the history I was never taught.

Black history, Irish history, whiteness, empire, resistance, mutual aid, and the histories underneath the world we inherited.

  1. Start here

    Black History Through the Lens of Liberation, a Series

    2025Free

    The way into the Black history series: resistance, mutual aid, and memory.

    Read on Substack → Black History Through the Lens of Liberation, a Series (opens in a new tab)
  2. The Haitian Revolution (1791–1804)

    2025Free

    The uprising, its Vodou roots, and the founding of Haiti.

    Read on Substack → The Haitian Revolution (1791–1804) (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Free African Society (1787)

    2025Free

    The West African roots of Black mutual aid.

    Read on Substack → The Free African Society (1787) (opens in a new tab)
  4. St. Patrick’s Day: A Decolonized History

    2025Free

    The legend read as conquest, and a way into the Irish history series.

    Read on Substack → St. Patrick’s Day: A Decolonized History (opens in a new tab)
  5. We Built This: Black August, Gentrification, and the Right to Remain

    2026Free

    History in the present tense: who revitalization is for.

    Read on Substack → We Built This: Black August, Gentrification, and the Right to Remain (opens in a new tab)
  6. What Black August Remembers, and Why We Still Need It

    2026Paid

    The history, discipline, and political education behind Black August.

    Read on Substack → What Black August Remembers, and Why We Still Need It (opens in a new tab)

The Liberation Method™

Created by Desireé B. Stephens

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