Frank Leon Roberts
Frank Leon Roberts is an American activist, writer, political commentator, and college professor at Amherst College, known for his involvement in the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Roberts is a former faculty member at New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study, where his course "Black Lives Matter: Race, Resistance, and Populist Protest" received national attention for being widely acknowledged as the first such course offered on a university campus. He has been a frequent media commentator on issues related to the intersections of race and gender in American public life.
A community organizer and public speaker, Roberts's varied perspectives on #BlackLivesMatter's influence on public debates about race and racial inequity have been cited by The New York Times, BBC Radio, NBC, CBC, Univision, The Chronicle of Higher Education and a variety of national outlets.
Roberts is also the founder and executive director of For Freedom's Sake, a New York City based grassroots social justice organization that mobilizes black and brown communities through teach-ins and public dialogues.
Roberts is a 2019 Roddenberry Foundation Fellow, and a Ford Foundation Fellow.