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Black Mothers and the Lingering Wounds of Racial Violence

July 21, 2021July 19, 2021 Gloria Ashaolu black lives matter, Racial Violence

The resulting grief and trauma that follows Black mothers whose children are victims of terrorizing acts of racial violence persist

Ada Wright, the Scottsboro Defense Campaign, and the Popular Front

July 13, 2021July 11, 2021 Ashley Everson black protest, Black women, racism

In the midst of the Great Depression in 1931, nine Black teenage boys were falsely convicted of allegedly raping two

Benne del Sur: Sesame and Black Agricultural History in Mexico

July 9, 2021July 7, 2021 Jayson Maurice Porter African Diaspora, race, teaching

Few objects embody and communicate histories of land and labor like food. Netflix’s High on the Hog: How African American

Black Health Care, Black Art: A Texas Perspective

July 8, 2021July 8, 2021 Celeste Henery education, racism, teaching, white supremacy

Galveston, Texas, may best be remembered as the provenance of Juneteenth. However, in the universe of Black history, the island

The Problem of White-Washing Juneteenth

June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 James Jones III Racial Violence, slavery, South, W.E.B. Du Bois, white supremacy

Juneteenth’s increasing popularity places long-time celebrants in an unenviable position where euphoria regarding Jubilee’s popularity is tempered by the threat