The History of Black Women and Violence
Anti-blackness, including the violent events our society typically invokes when reflecting on racism, often centers on the violence inflicted on
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medical racism
Immunity, Capitalism, and the Antebellum New Orleans
Many believed that Union soldiers stationed in New Orleans, Louisiana, would soon die. Both Union soldiers and city residents expected
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Fannie Lou Hamer’s Message to Contemporary America
This post is part of our online roundtable on Keisha N. Blain’s Until I Am Free. Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer’s
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The Local Politics of Fannie Lou Hamer
This post is part of our online roundtable on Keisha N. Blain’s Until I Am Free. By age 44, most people
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The International Slave Trade, Colonialism, and Epidemiology
In Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine, Jim Downs tells a new origin story for epidemiology.
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