Inspired by the scholars, activists, and everyday citizens who spoke out, marched, and protested against police killings of African-Americans, we present this collection of short essays that put Black lives at the center of our thinking about architecture and its history.

Review of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain’s Annual Symposium, “Architecture, the Built Environment, and the Aftermath of the First World War,” organized by Neal Shasore (University of Liverpool) at the Institute of Historical Research, London, 8-9 June, 2018.