Interracial Intimacy and Film as Social Commentary
Fifty years ago, the Supreme Court struck down anti-miscegenation laws in Loving v. Virginia. In 1969, the first interracial sex scene
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Gender
“Black Enuf*”: A New Animated Documentary on Black Queer Identity
This post is part of my blog series that announces the release of new films in African American History and African Diaspora Studies.
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Medical Bondage: A New Book on Race, Gender, and Gynecology
This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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The Marxist Proposition, Claudia Jones, and Black Nationalism
This post is part of our online forum, “Black October,” on the Russian Revolution and the African Diaspora Many in the American
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The Tears, Struggles, and Hopes of Black Women
A video of Angela Davis’s reception in Bahia, Brazil this summer captures a moment of unbridled joy. She walks into
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