W.E.B. Du Bois famously asked the question of the Black community: “How does it feel to be a problem?” Drawing inspiration from W.E.B. Du Bois's seminal work, The Souls of Black Folk, the SoulFolk Collective (affectionately called “SoCo”) is a community of researchers dedicated to positioning Black space as a blueprint for more liberatory futures. In our solution-based research, we center Black histories and futures in scholarly inquiry. Our scholarship seeks to address the stark antiblackness in the State of Wisconsin. We aim to touch the very essence of the Black soul—acknowledging its pain, celebrating its joy, and committing to its freedom through every page of our scholarship.
