From Head Shops to Whole Foods: A New Book on Activist Entrepreneurs
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Black Feminism
Portraits of Black Womanhood
When I first encountered Marie-Guillemine Benoist’s Portrait d’une Negresse at the Louvre, I had just researched and encountered the remains of
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Remaking Black Power: A New Book on Women and Black Power
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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The Marxist Proposition, Claudia Jones, and Black Nationalism
This post is part of our online forum, “Black October,” on the Russian Revolution and the African Diaspora Many in the American
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The Tears, Struggles, and Hopes of Black Women
A video of Angela Davis’s reception in Bahia, Brazil this summer captures a moment of unbridled joy. She walks into
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