The Power of Dr. Gwendolyn Patton’s Autobiography
In 1967, Gwen Patton was driving to Montgomery, Alabama when her car started to rattle and stutter. She pulled over
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Black Family
The Resilience of Black Love in Black History
When Michelle Obama’s appearance at the Biden/Harris inauguration set social media ablaze, many enjoyed imagining Barack Obama bragging about his
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How Enslaved People Found A Pathway to Self-discovery
In 1837, Charles Ball published a memoir recounting his experience as one enslaved for forty years in the states of
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A Family History of British Empire
“Where are you from?”—The deceptively simple question looms over the sprawling narrative of Imperial Intimacies: A Tale of Two Islands,
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The Interior Lives of Black Youth
In Coming of Age in Jim Crow DC: Navigating the Politics of Everyday Life, Paula C. Austin, Assistant Professor of History
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