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Blackness, Dehumanized: A Black Feminist Analysis of ‘Bridgerton’

February 2, 2021February 21, 2021 Shaun Armstead black feminism, blackness, popular culture, race, racism, Visual Culture

Since its release on Christmas Day, Bridgerton has attracted international attention for its racial cosmopolitan reenactment of early nineteenth-century Britain.

The Interior Lives of Black Youth

January 29, 2021January 30, 2021 Joshua L. Crutchfield Activism, black intellectual history, Black women, Gender, Jim Crow, Resistance

In Coming of Age in Jim Crow DC: Navigating the Politics of Everyday Life, Paula C. Austin, Assistant Professor of History

The Life and Legacy of Nellie Y. McKay: An Interview with Shanna G. Benjamin

January 21, 2021January 20, 2021 Tyler Parry black feminism, Black women, black women scholars, Gender, Literary studies, literature, race

In today’s post, Tyler D. Parry, the senior editor of Black Perspectives and Vice President of AAIHS, interviews Shanna G.

The Power of Black Motherhood during COVID-19 and the Uprisings

October 16, 2020October 13, 2020 Assata Gonzalez #Autoethnographies, Activism, black feminism, black protest, Black women, Gender, race, racism, white supremacy

Editor’s note: This essay is part of our two-week blog series, featuring eight autoethnographies from students at Brooklyn College. Read

Pauli Murray and the Need for Racial Reckoning

October 5, 2020October 4, 2020 Barbara Lau and Robin Kirk Activism, black feminism, black protest, Black women, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, education, Gender, race, racism, Resistance, sexuality, South

Confederate monuments are toppling across the nation following the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other African Americans.