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Examining Identity in Louisiana's 19th-Century Black Literature

Examining Identity in Louisiana’s 19th-Century Black Literature

Slave narratives were a central genre of African American literature in antebellum America. Still, some authors wrote fiction works, the ...
Eve Ewing, Ironheart, and Black Women’s Fiction

Eve Ewing, Ironheart, and Black Women’s Fiction

Contemporary Black women writers weave words into imaginary worlds to create fiction that defies neat, tidy genre distinctions. Comic books, ...
Haiti and the Birth of Black Internationalism in the United States

Haiti and the Birth of Black Internationalism in the United States

“What happened in Haiti between 1791 and 1804 contradicted much of what happened elsewhere in the world before and since..But ...
Black Women’s Fiction and Medical Experimentation

Black Women’s Fiction and Medical Experimentation

The Covid-19 pandemic laid bare existing racial inequalities in our healthcare system. The magnified death toll for Black and Brown ...