Bell, Myrtle P.Berry, DaphneLeopold, JoyNkomo, Stella M., 1947-2022-05-202021-01Bell, M. P., Berry, D., Leopold, J., & Nkomo, S. M. (2021). Making Black lives matter in academia: A Black feminist call for collective action against anti-blackness in the academy. Gender, Work and Organization, vol. 28, no. S1, pp. 39-57. DOI: 10.1111/gwao.12555.0968-6673 (print)1468-0432 (online)10.1111/gwao.12555https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/85604In this article, as have many Black women scholars in the past, we again call for collective action against anti-blackness and White supremacy in the academy. Drawing from black feminist theory, we discuss the long history of Black women academics' activism against anti-black racism and introduce the current movement: Black Lives Matter (BLM). Although BLM is often construed as resisting anti-black violence outside the academy, it is also relevant for within the academy wherein anti-blackness is likely to be manifested as disdain, disregard, and disgust for Black faculty and students. We discuss some of the ways in which anti-blackness and liberal White supremacy are manifested in the lives of Black faculty and students, and propose that non-Black allies have key roles to play in resisting them. Like second-hand cigarette smoke that harms everyone in proximity, anti-blackness and White supremacy harm us all, and a shared movement is needed to dismantle them.en© 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article : Making Black lives matter in academia: A Black feminist call for collective action against anti-blackness in the academy. Gender, Work and Organization, vol. 28, no. S1, pp. 39-57, 2021. DOI: 10.1111/gwao.12555. The definite version is available at : http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/gwao.AlliesAnti-blacknessBlack lives matterDiscriminationSocial movementsPostprint Article