As climate catastrophe and rising fascism threaten the world as we know it, we urgently need to dream up alternative ways of organizing society rooted in equity, sustainability, and care for one another and the planet. Project 2039 offers bold and creative visions for the kind of world we could build once power shifts to younger generations less invested in upholding oppressive systems.

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, the once-thriving Greenwood District, known as "Black Wall Street," is reimagining community ownership of real estate to drive equitable economic development after a history of racial violence and systemic marginalization

As climate catastrophe and rising fascism threaten the world as we know it, we urgently need to dream up alternative ways of organizing society rooted in equity, sustainability, and care for one another and the planet. Project 2039 offers bold and creative visions for the kind of world we could build once power shifts to younger generations less invested in upholding oppressive systems.

We struggle to imagine a world without police, prisons, or capitalism. But as scholar Ruha Benjamin argues, imagination is a vital resource for social change. The books below offer radical visions of black futures that can inform our movements today.