Affluence and Community at the Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company
*This post is part of our online forum on Madam C.J. Walker for the centennial anniversary of her death. In
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Gender
Mack Ingram and the Policing of Black Sexuality
In 1951, Mack Ingram was arrested, found guilty, and sentenced to two years of hard labor for looking at a
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Reclaiming Intimate Histories in the Americas
Sexuality and Slavery: Reclaiming Intimate Histories in the Americas, co-edited by Daina Ramey Berry and Leslie M. Harris, is a
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The ‘Baby Dolls’ of New Orleans: Gender, Race, and Self-Creation
“Is the unruly woman masker still relevant?” This question posed by Xavier University dean and professor Kim Vaz-Deville speaks to
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“all mother” (A Poem)
should not shock me that I am become my mother I mean I touch my belly button & there I
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