Jessica Ann Levy
Assistant professor of history at Purchase College and author of Black Power, Inc., specializing in modern U.S. history, race, capitalism, and transnational Black freedom movements.
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Mar 13, 2026 • 1h 6min
Jessica Ann Levy, "Black Power, Inc.: Corporate America and the Rise of Multinational Empowerment Politics" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2026)
Jessica Ann Levy, assistant professor of history who studies racism, capitalism, and transnational Black freedom movements, discusses her book Black Power, Inc. She traces how Black empowerment politics moved from civil rights organizers into corporate boardrooms and across the Atlantic to Africa. The conversation covers anti-apartheid strategies, corporate responses to divestment, and tensions between market-based uplift and more radical calls for change.
Mar 13, 2026 • 1h 6min
Jessica Ann Levy, "Black Power, Inc.: Corporate America and the Rise of Multinational Empowerment Politics" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2026)
Jessica Ann Levy, assistant professor of history and author of Black Power, Inc., explores how Black empowerment politics moved from cities into corporate boardrooms and across the Atlantic to Africa. She examines figures like Leon Sullivan, corporate strategies around anti-apartheid and divestment, tensions between institutional empowerment and radical Black Power, and the limits of market-based racial remedies.
Mar 13, 2026 • 1h 6min
Jessica Ann Levy, "Black Power, Inc.: Corporate America and the Rise of Multinational Empowerment Politics" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2026)
Jessica Ann Levy, historian of race, capitalism, and transnational politics, explores how corporate America shaped Black empowerment from U.S. cities to Africa. She traces the movement’s roots, contrasts entrepreneurial empowerment with radical Black Power, and follows debates over divestment, corporate partnerships, and empowerment programs across decades.
