Gender – AAIHS

Jessye Norman and The Struggle for Black Pathos

October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 Kwame Holmes 2 Comments
art, Black women, eugenics, Gender, music, white supremacy

soll ich lauschen? Shall I listen? Soll ich schlürfen, Shall I drink, untertauchen? immerse? Süß in Düften

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Salvific Manhood: A New Book about Male Intimacy in James Baldwin’s Novels

October 4, 2019October 4, 2019 J. T. Roane 0 Comments
black intellectual history, Black Queer Identity, Gender, James Baldwin, literature, masculinity, sexuality

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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Jargon for the Blacks—and Others

September 30, 2019September 22, 2019 Marquis Bey 1 Comment
Black Queers, education, Gender, language, race, sexuality, trans identity

Time and again, usually a few times a year, I haphazardly stumble upon someone castigating the use of “jargon,” at

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The Centrality of Whiteness in Modern Sports

September 25, 2019September 17, 2019 Jermaine Scott 1 Comment
culture, Gender, masculinity, race, sports, white supremacy

Modern sport is racial. This statement has become obvious with the recent protests in the NFL, NBA, and WNBA around

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Remaking a Life: A New Book about How Women Living with HIV/AIDS Confront Inequality

September 20, 2019September 10, 2019 J. T. Roane 0 Comments
Activism, black politics, Black women, Gender, HIV-AIDS, oral history, Resistance

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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