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The Troubled History of Medical Harm to Black Women

In 1805, a Black woman known in the historical record as Pleasant, took a deep breath and pushed her son

Black women have been “winning” for Black freedom since the sixteenth century. Groups of enslaved African and African-descendant women who

In today’s post, Tiana U. Wilson, assistant professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, interviews Dr. Vicki Alexander on

Earlier this year, we celebrated the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. As we look to the future,

Call for Papers: Haitian Feminism(s): Theoretical and Practical Contours Guest Editors: Drs. Sabine Lamour, Célia Romulus, and Grace Sanders Johnson