Afro-Brazilian Feminists and the Fight for Racial and Gender Inclusion
In 1979, Afro-Brazilian feminist Leila Gonzalez wrote a critique of the National Encounter of Women that drew much-needed attention to
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Black Feminism
Black Women and the Peoples Temple in Jonestown
On November 18, 1978, over nine hundred members of the San Francisco-based Peoples Temple church (including over three hundred children)
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“Reflections Unheard”: A New Film on Black Women and Civil Rights
This post is part of a new blog series that announces the release of new films in African American History
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The Problem of Equality: Black Communists and the Women’s Charter
Black Communist Thyra Edwards was not privy to the language of equity, intersectionality, and identity politics used today to describe
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Hidden Human Computers: A New Young Adult Book on NASA’s Black Women
This post is part of a new and recurring blog series I am editing that announces the publication of selected
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