George Floyd and the Global Fight for Black Lives
The murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, acted as a catalyst for Black Lives Matter protests around the
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African diaspora
British Racial Violence and Transatlantic Black Activism
February of this year marked the thirtieth anniversary of the killing of Rolan Adams, a Black British teenager who was
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Black Lesbian Thought: An Interview with Briona Simone Jones
In today’s post, Emerald Rutledge, an associate editor of Black Perspectives, interviews Briona Simone Jones on her new edited collection, Mouths of
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The Black Refugee Tradition
From October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported over 6,700 people whose country
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Excavating the History of Afro-Brazilian Women
Only a few pages remain of what is cited as the first known text written by an Afro-Brazilian woman. Rosa
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