Black Women Have Shaped Politics in Boston for Centuries
Kim Janey will probably vacate her position as president of the Boston City Council to become the city’s acting mayor.
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Black Political Thought
On the Life and Work of Audre Lorde
*This post is part of our online forum on the Life and Work of Audre Lorde The spectacle of a dying
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Audre Lorde And I Were Once Enemies
Audre Lorde and I were once mortal enemies. At least that’s the way it seemed. In late 2004, I wrote
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The Interior Lives of Black Youth
In Coming of Age in Jim Crow DC: Navigating the Politics of Everyday Life, Paula C. Austin, Assistant Professor of History
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What Julian Bond Taught Me About Politics and Power
I found myself thinking about Julian Bond when the news broke that Georgia had elected its first Black senator, Reverend
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