Teaser - "No Use to the State" w/ Micah Khater

About this episode

Beatrice speaks with Micah Khater about her award-winning article on race, disability, and incarceration in early 20th century Alabama.

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/154337626 Beatrice speaks with Micah Khater about her award winning article on the intersection of race, disability, and incarceration in the southern US in the early 20th century, and her work documenting the history of how Black women experienced and theorized disability from within Alabama prisons. Read Micah’s full article, “No Use to the State: Phrasing Escape and a Black Radical Epistolary of Disability in Early Twentieth-Century Alabama Prisons” (winner of the 2024 Toni Cade Bambara Article Prize from the Black Women's Studies Association) here: https://dsq-sds.org/index.php/dsq/article/view/9662/8007 Runtime 1:31:04 MERCH STORE IS BACK! Patrons get a code for 10% off all orders. Find it at www.deathpanel.net/merch We're testing out a new Bookshop.org page (still under construction), where you can find books by past guests and book recommendations from the hosts. Find it here: bookshop.org/shop/deathpanel Show links: Get Health Communism here: bookshop.org/a/118130/9781839765179 Find Tracy's book Abolish Rent here: bookshop.org/a/118130/9798888902523

People in this episode

Host: Beatrice

Guest: Micah Khater

Topics covered

• race
• disability
• incarceration
• Black women
• history
• Alabama prisons

Keywords

• race
• disability
• incarceration
• Black women
• Alabama
• history
• prisons
• article
• Toni Cade Bambara Article Prize

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Black Women's Studies Association, Death Panel

Books & works: No Use to the State: Phrasing Escape and a Black Radical Epistolary of Disability in Early Twentieth-Century Alabama Prisons

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