Earl Anthony and the Black Panther Party
The Black Panther Party was founded on October 15, 1966, with Earl Anthony joining the following April. His 1990 book,
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Activism
Organizing for Reproductive Justice: An Interview with Barbara Smith
This post is part of our forum on “Black Women and Reproductive Rights.” In today’s post, Barbara Smith is interviewed
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Reproductive Justice and Black Women’s Activism
This post is part of our forum on “Black Women and Reproductive Rights.” In September 1986, former Third World Women’s
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Angela Davis, Charlene Mitchell, and the NAARPR
In June 1972, an all-white jury acquitted Angela Davis of charges in her alleged role in an August 1970 Marin County, California
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Resurrecting Shirley Chisholm from Symbol to Life
Fifteen years ago, I decided to write a biography of a Black woman. My scholarly genealogy pushed me toward such
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