Black Women and Colonial Fantasies in Nineteenth-Century France
Robin Mitchell’s preface to Vénus Noire: Black Women and Colonial Fantasies in Nineteenth-Century France is extremely moving. She begins with
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Black history
The Life and Legacy of Nellie Y. McKay: An Interview with Shanna G. Benjamin
In today’s post, Tyler D. Parry, the senior editor of Black Perspectives and Vice President of AAIHS, interviews Shanna G.
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Women’s Experiences during the American Civil War
In the winter of 1863 and 1864, with the Civil War entering its third year, two women living in Southeastern
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Science, Feminism, and Black Liberation: An Interview with Sam Anderson
Emily Hamilton interviewed Sam Anderson in early December, 2019. Sam Anderson is a Brooklyn, New York, native and a founding
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Medicalizing Black Military Service in an Age of Global Imperialism
At the turn of twentieth century, universities in the United States began founding schools of tropical medicine. Schools like Harvard
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