Claiming Freedom in the Low Country
African American landownership in the South Carolina and Georgia lowcountry has been a major topic of discussion for a number
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Black Family
Veil and Vow: Aneeka Ayanna Henderson Discusses Marriage in Contemporary Black Culture
Aneeka Ayanna Henderson is the author of Veil and Vow: Marriage Matters in Contemporary African American Culture (February 2020) published
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On Nostalgia: HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ and Black Religion in Three Sacred Facts
*This post is part of our online forum organized by Ahmad Greene-Hayes on HBO’s hit series Watchmen. Warning: This essay
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Mothers 4 Housing and the Legacy of Black Anti-Growth Politics
Yesterday at 6 a.m., deputies of the Oakland Police Department violently evicted an organized group of Black mothers, Moms 4
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Sexual Violence Against Enslaved Men
In Rethinking Rufus: Sexual Violations of Enslaved Men, historian Thomas Foster examines how the conditions of slavery gave rise to
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