Africana Studies has fostered innovative approaches to research and education on African-American and black diaspora experiences, especially in the analysis of community processes, social problems, and social change. Africana Studies is also distinguished by its forthright commitment to the pursuit of social justice. Though not often recognized for these contributions, a long line of scholars, public intellectuals, and leaders working in this tradition have contributed to our body of knowledge on crime, punishment, and resistance to racialized criminal injustice. This work forms a foundation for Africana Studies in criminology and criminal justice, and resource base for research, education, and organizing initiatives. With support from the Criminal Justice Initiative of the Open Society Institute, the Africana Criminal Justice Project was established to further develop and stimulate engagement with this intellectual tradition, identify its implications for an “Africana Theory of Justice,” and support initiatives seeking to address a response to the contemporary crisis of racialized criminal injustice, especially through the promotion of black civic capacity and leadership in communities impacted by mass criminalization and incarceration. These objectives inform the research, education, and organizing initiatives which comprise the Africana Criminal Justice Project. For more information about the ACJP and its initiatives, please visit their site.