Black Identity - AAIHS

Black Women’s Histories and the Power of Truth-Telling

Not long after Oprah Winfrey, the iconic media mogul and pioneer for African American women in film, television, and journalism,

*This post is part of our online forum on Student Activism. The Black Student Union (BSU) of Berkeley High School in Berkeley, California

This post is part of my blog series that announces the release of new films in African American History and African Diaspora Studies.

One of my favorite pieces of Caribbean/Black British literature is Merle Collins’ poem, “When Britain Had Its GREAT.” In the short

When I first encountered Marie-Guillemine Benoist’s Portrait d’une Negresse at the Louvre, I had just researched and encountered the remains of