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From Ahuehuetitla to Brooklyn: Life under Trump and COVID-19

October 19, 2020October 17, 2020 Raúl Vaquero #Autoethnographies, COVID-19, Donald Trump, Immigration, New York, racism, Trumpism

Editor’s note: This essay is part of our two-week blog series, featuring eight autoethnographies from students at Brooklyn College. Read

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The Power of Black Motherhood during COVID-19 and the Uprisings

October 16, 2020October 13, 2020 Assata Gonzalez #Autoethnographies, Activism, black feminism, black protest, Black women, Gender, race, racism, white supremacy

Editor’s note: This essay is part of our two-week blog series, featuring eight autoethnographies from students at Brooklyn College. Read

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A Black Immigrant Experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic

October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 Jasmaine Brathwaite #Autoethnographies, African Diaspora, COVID-19, immigrant, New York

Editor’s note: This essay is part of our two-week blog series, featuring eight autoethnographies from students at Brooklyn College. Read

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Me, My Mom, and Her Mental Illness

October 14, 2020October 10, 2020 Billie-Rae Johnson #AAIHSRoundtable, #Autoethnographies, #MentalHealth, Black women, Gender

Editor’s note: This essay is part of our two-week blog series, featuring eight autoethnographies from students at Brooklyn College. Read

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The Radical and Transnational Roots of Black History Month in Britain

October 7, 2020October 4, 2020 E. James West African Diaspora, black internationalism, black protest, civil rights

In 1926, Carter G. Woodson, historian and founder of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, announced

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