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‘Birthright Citizens’: A New Book on the History of Race and Rights

*This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

*Editor’s Note: This week we are publishing some of our favorite BP articles. We continue with this essay by historian Jon Hale as

For Black women, pregnancy presents a multiplying set of vulnerabilities which illuminate the intersectional frames of race, gender, and class

In 1852, the Third Avenue Railroad Company was founded. It ran between City Hall and 62nd Street in Manhattan. Its

Standing before judge Robert Columbo, a Detroiter made a standard defendant’s request to be released on his own recognizance. He