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Summer 2021 Editorial Internship at ‘Black Perspectives’

February 22, 2021February 21, 2021 AAIHS Editors

Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is currently accepting applications for our summer

Audre Lorde And I Were Once Enemies

February 16, 2021February 15, 2021 Kenyon Farrow #AudreLorde, Activism, black feminism, Gender, white supremacy

Audre Lorde and I were once mortal enemies. At least that’s the way it seemed. In late 2004, I wrote

Beyond Shorelines: Audre Lorde’s Queered Belonging

February 15, 2021February 14, 2021 Tiffany Florvil African Diaspora, Black Europe, Black German, black politics, Black Queers, Germany, LGBT, race

*This post is part of our online forum on the Life and Work of Audre Lorde Audre Lorde welcomed the opportunity

Biographies of Women and Emancipation in the Americas

February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 Vanessa M. Holden Activism, African Diaspora, Black women, Gender, Resistance

Last fall, many people waited anxiously for the results of the U. S. elections. From Tuesday, November 3rd through Saturday,

Audre Lorde standing in front of board reading "Women are powerful and dangerous." Source: The Guardian.

Online Forum: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde

February 10, 2021February 14, 2021 AAIHS Editors #AudreLorde

February 15-19, 2021 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is hosting a week-long online forum to