Intersectional Readings that Fuel the Rage and Bring the Healing
In these times of perpetual state violence and racial unrest, here are some black feminist books that have addressed these issues through
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Black Women March on Washington: The Sojourners for Truth and Justice and Black Women’s Lives Matter
Before the 1963 March on Washington a group of African American women stormed the gates of the capital demanding that
Read moreTeaching Maria Stewart and Antebellum Black Public Spheres
I find that students intuitively understand the concept of the black public sphere as a “safe space” for the expression
Read moreJune Jordan, “Bringing Back the Person,” and a Call to Community
“Body and Soul, Black America reveals the extreme questions of contemporary life, questions of freedom and identity: How can I be
Read more“Black People and the Victorian Ethos:” Respectability Politics, Black Organizing, and Black Power
When someone is engaging in respectability politics, he or she is adopts the manners and morality of the dominant or
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