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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Gender
The Subversive Praxis of Black Beauty and Wealth
Having rocked the cosmetics industry last month with her new line of products, Fenty Beauty, pop star Rihanna (née Robyn
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The Future Is Black and Female: Afrofuturism and Comic Books
For comic book and superhero fans worldwide, the release of Captain America: Civil War on May 6, 2016 became permanently
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Intersectional Health Equity in Brazil: An Interview with Kia Lilly Caldwell
In today’s post, Erica L. Williams, an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Spelman College, interviews Kia Lilly Caldwell about her new
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Writing a New History of Black Religion: An Author’s Response
This post is part of our online roundtable on Judith Weisenfeld’s New World A-Coming One afternoon while sitting in the Schomburg Center reading
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