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Recife, Brazil - February 8th, 2018: Portrait of a female dancer carnival parade. The comparsas and dancers parades from Av Rio Branco to the stage at the waterfront. (Shutterstock-Ruben M. Ramos)

The Life and Legacy of Thereza Santos

October 13, 2023October 8, 2023 C. Darius Gordon #raceandlatinamerica, africa, Afro-Brazilians, black feminism, Brazil, Latin America

This post is part of our forum on “Race and Latin America.” Born Jaci dos Santos on July 7, 1938,

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Amefricanidade: Surpassing the Puzzle of Race and Nation in Brazil

October 12, 2023October 8, 2023 Bryce Henson #raceandlatinamerica, Afro-Brazilians, Brazil, Indigenous Studies

This post is part of our forum on “Race and Latin America“ Lélia Gonzalez’s theorizations on race, racism, diaspora, and

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Colorful painted buildings of Favela in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. (Shutterstock-Skreidzeleu)

Online Forum–Race & Latin America

October 9, 2023October 8, 2023 AAIHS Editors #AAIHSRoundtable, #raceandlatinamerica, African Diaspora, Afro-Brazilians, Brazil, Carnival, Latin America, Women

October 11, 2023 to October 19, 2023 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS),

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Black Women’s Activism through History and Poetry

October 2, 2023September 7, 2023 Cathleen D. Cahill Black women, Carrie Williams Clifford, Club women, freedom, poetry

“Somehow, we’ve weathered and witnessed a nation that isn’t broken, but simply unfinished.” -Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb Those

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The History of Black Women and Violence

September 27, 2023September 14, 2023 Chinaza Okonkwo Black women, book review, domestic violence, medical racism, violence

Anti-blackness, including the violent events our society typically invokes when reflecting on racism, often centers on the violence inflicted on

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