Terresa Moses is Creative Director of Blackbird Revolt as well as Director of Design Justice and Associate Professor of Graphic Design at the University of Minnesota. She created Project Naptural, co-created Racism Untaught, and is a board member of the Black Liberation Lab.

Omari Souza is an Assistant Professor of Communication Design at the University of North Texas and the organizer of the State of Black Design Conference. Formerly, he worked at Vibe magazine, CBS Radio, and Case Western Reserve University.

Foreword by Dori Tunstall
Introduction by Terresa Moses and Omari Souza
An Introduction to Black Design Industry + Organizations by Terresa Moses and Omari Souza
The Ontology of Black Design by S. Alfonso Williams
Stewardship and the Survival of Black Design Communities by Terrence Moline
Shattering Spaces of Othering: Building a Creative Culture of Creativity, Blackness and Brown Power by Antionette D. Carroll, Supported by Maya Aduba Williams
So, You Want To Solve the Diversity Problem in Design by Jacinda N. Walker
Why Asking for a List Won’t Solve Racial Disparities by Melanie Walby
Ain’t I a Woman by Omari Souza
Using Video Games to Champion Justice and Expand Imaginations of Superheroes by Jules Porter
Designing a Black Future by John Brown VI
An Introduction to Black Design Pedagogy by Terresa Moses and Omari Souza
Black Student Perceptions of Design Courses at an Elite Private University by Lesley-Ann Noel
Design’s Ledger of White Supremacy: Constructing a Critical Race Pedagogy to Shape Design Futures by Pierce Otlhogile-Gordon
African Design: Origins and Migration by Jillian Harris
#BlackHistoryMatters by Stacey Robinson
The Movement Imprinted by Terresa Moses
Using Exhibition Design to Support Political Engagement, Active Learning, and Civic Participation by Anne H. Berry and Kelly Walters
An Introduction to Black Design Activism by Terresa Moses and Omari Souza
Getting to the Root: An Exhibition Catalog on Natural Hair by Jazmine Beatty
Paving the Way: Black Designers Then & Now by Nichole Burroughs
Amplifying the Black Voice Through Design by Terresa Moses
Peace of Mind by Kprecia Ambers
PANTHERS VOTE!: A Studio Project Exposing Past Voter Suppression Methods To a Collegiate Population that has been Historically Disenfranchised by Tracey L. Moore
Corrections, Cures, and Spoils: How Vote by Mail Information and Service Design Disenfranchised Black Voters in the 2020 US Election Cycle by Asher Kolieboi
Amplifying Accessibility & Abolishing Ableism: Designing to Embolden Black Disability Visual Culture by Jennifer White-Johnson
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Endnotes
Index