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On Louise Little, the Mother of Malcolm X: An Interview with Erik S. McDuffie

February 19, 2017February 21, 2017 Keisha N. Blain #RememberingMalcolm, #WomenandPanAfricanismSeries, Malcolm X, Pan-Africanism

In today’s post, Keisha N. Blain, Senior Editor of Black Perspectives, interviews Erik S. McDuffie about his recent article in the special

Harriet Tubman, ca. 1860–1875. Photo: Library of Congress.

Pictorial Manifestations: On a Younger Harriet Tubman

February 15, 2017February 19, 2017 Janell Hobson Harriet Tubman, Post-Civil War, slavery, Underground Railroad, Visual Culture

Few may remember the rather juvenile comments objecting to the announcement on April 20, 2016 by the Department of the

Cosmological Queerness Across the Yoruba Diaspora

February 5, 2017April 2, 2018 James Padilioni Jr Afro-Brazilians, Black Queers, Brazil, religion, slave trade, slavery

The constellating topics of homosexuality and masculinity are perennial to Black American discourses. In contemporary debates, the chorus shouting loudest

Black Female Undertakers in 20th-Century Baltimore

February 3, 2017February 4, 2017 Kami Fletcher Baltimore

Historically, the business of black undertaking has been framed as a male success story—focusing on narratives of lone freedmen with

Afro-Brazilian Feminists and the Fight for Racial and Gender Inclusion

February 2, 2017March 10, 2017 Jaimee A. Swift Afro-Brazilians, Black women, Brazil, Gender, Latin America

In 1979, Afro-Brazilian feminist Leila Gonzalez wrote a critique of the National Encounter of Women that drew much-needed attention to