Rose M. Brewer, Ph.D. is a long time activist scholar. She is the Morse Alumni
Distinguished Professor of African American & African Studies at the University of
Minnesota­Twin Cities. She writes extensively on radical Black feminism, political
economy, social movements, and the Black Liberation Movement, publishing numerous
articles, book chapters and essays. Her co­authored, The Color of Wealth received the
Gustavus Meyer national book award, and she is one of the editors of the The United
States Social Forum: Perspectives of a Movement. Her deep commitment to ending
racism, national oppression, sexism, imperialism, and economic exploitation in the U.S.
and globally took root in Black student activism and local community struggles for social
change. The struggle for her continues to be about fundamental social transformation.