The Legacy of Martinican Women in French Politics
On June 30, 2017, the world learnt of the death of Simone Veil, architect of the French law legalizing abortion,
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African diaspora
From ADEFRA to Black Lives Matter: Black Women’s Activism in Germany
On Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 4:30pm, a Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest took place in Berlin, Germany with thousands
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Hip Hop and Disability: An Interview with Leroy Moore Jr.
This month I interviewed Bay area artist and producer Leroy Moore Jr., co-founder of the Sins Invalid performance project and
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Uncovering Lisbon’s Forgotten History of Slavery
By all accounts, the Portuguese capital of Lisbon is a strikingly beautiful city, but—like so many entrepôt Mediterranean cities of
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Black Left Student Radicalism of the 1970s: The February First Movement
During the 1970s, Black student radicalism in the United States, which began in the 1960s with organizations such as the
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