The Emancipation Circuit: An Interview with Thulani Davis

Conjuncture

Jordan T. Camp speaks with Thulani Davis about her new book, *The Emancipation Circuit: Black Activism Forging a Culture of Freedom* (Duke, 2022), Black political thought, and the unfinished business of freedom struggles.

Conjuncture is a web series and podcast curated and co-produced by Jordan T. Camp and Christina Heatherton for the Trinity Social Justice Initiative. It features interviews with activists, artists, scholars, and public intellectuals. Taking its title from Antonio Gramsci and Stuart Hall’s conceptualization, it highlights intellectual work engaged in struggles over the meaning and memory of particular historical moments. Amidst a global crisis of hegemony, this web series curates conversations about the burning questions of the conjuncture.

Thulani Davis is a professor and a Nellie Y. McKay Fellow in the African American Studies Department at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Jordan T. Camp is an Assistant Professor of American Studies and Co-Director of the Social Justice Initiative at Trinity College.