An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States

Emory University. Thank you to the director, Andra Gillespie, and the
assistant director, Rhonda Patrick, for providing space and affording me the
opportunity. Thank you to my fellow Mays fellows, Shanté Paradigm
Smalls and Yami Rodriguez. I also want to thank the students in the class
that I taught. They were fantastic and helped me think through some of this
work.
Many people have influenced this work in small and large ways. Thank
you to Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Tiffany King, Dave Roediger, Dan
Cobb, Keith Richotte Jr., Shanya Cordis, Zoé Samudzi, Shay-Akil McLean,
Zoe Todd, Jessica Vasquez, Antoinette Burton, Mary-Ann Winkelmes,
Veronica Mendez, Adam Banks, and a host of other activists and
intellectuals who have helped me think through my ideas over the years. I
appreciate you.
Many universities have sponsored me and allowed me to speak and work
through these ideas on their campus or virtually. Thank you to the
University of Texas, Austin; the University of California, Berkeley;
Dartmouth College; the University of Florida; James Madison College at
Michigan State; Princeton University; the University of Michigan; the
University of Alberta; the Autry Museum; the California Museum of
African American History; and a host of other places.
I would like to thank Kristen Martinez, who worked as my research
assistant. She is doing a dope project on Indigenous metal and punk rock.
Keep up the good work. Big shout to other students who’ve impacted me:
Annie Mendoza, Jessica Newby, Aaron Montenegro, Shalene Joseph, Kylie
Gemmell, Mari Nobre, Kaelyn Grace Apple, Darnay Holmes, Kristopher
Barnes, Adarius Pickett, Kassie Sakar, Angelica Castillo, Wiyaka Bear
Eagle, and all of the students I’ve had in classes. Keep up the fight and as I
always say, “Read!”
Finally, I would like to thank my cat and dog, El Don and ChiChi, who,
during a global pandemic and quarantine, held me down.
Any errors of interpretation or research are my own. If anything, I hope
that people will take this work, expand upon it, challenge it, and help end
the horrors of anti-Black racism and Indigenous genocide. We must demand
our freedom, together.