Slave Trading and the “When” of Gender
In 1798, in the captaincy of Pernambuco in the northeast region of the Portuguese colony of Brazil, a young woman
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The Idea of the Black Intellectual
When I first began to teach a class titled Black Intellectual Thought, I wanted to broaden the classic definition of
Read moreA Bibliography of African American Freethought
Over the past two years, I have been conducting research for a book project on African American freethought, an orientation
Read moreBlack Women’s Histories: Conversations
As a regular writer and blogger for Ms. Magazine, I have been engaging in some fruitful conversations with black feminist
Read moreQuestions You Might Have Opinions About: Self-critique, Language, The Nadir, and Historical Accuracy in a Film (*not Selma)
This post is a bit more informal than the carefully researched posts of my colleagues on this blog. I would
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