African American Women on the American Railroad
Riding Jane Crow: African American Women on the American Railroad by Miriam Thaggert examines African American women’s engagement with the railroad
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Black Protest
Black Women, Violence, and the Territory of Global Antiblackness
This post is part of our online roundtable on Lorgia García Peña’s Translating Blackness. The violence is irrepressible. The names of those taken
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Philadelphia’s Fight Against Gun Violence, Poverty, and Crime
In 1969, the New York Times named Philadelphia the “gang capital” of America when the city had the highest rates
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On The Sixtieth Anniversary of the March on Washington
In recent years, memorialization of the Civil Rights era from the 1950s and 1960s has taken on a new urgency
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No Easy Romance: An Introduction to the Black Gay Life Forum
This post is part of our online roundtable on Jafari S. Allen’s There’s a Disco Ball Between Us. Dear Writer, The
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