“Business in the Black”: A New Film on the Rise of Black Business in America
This post is part of my blog series that announces the release of new films in African American History and African Diaspora
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Black history
The Legacy of Martinican Women in French Politics
On June 30, 2017, the world learnt of the death of Simone Veil, architect of the French law legalizing abortion,
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Race, Homosexuality, and the AIDS Epidemic
In “America’s Hidden HIV Epidemic,” her recent cover story for New York Times Magazine, Linda Villarosa documents the struggles of
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From ADEFRA to Black Lives Matter: Black Women’s Activism in Germany
On Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 4:30pm, a Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest took place in Berlin, Germany with thousands
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Frederick Douglass on the Fourth of July
*The following post is an abridged version of Fredrick Douglass‘ famed speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of
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