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From Duvalier to Trump: Authoritarian Rule and Transfers of Power

October 22, 2020October 21, 2020 Patrick D. Bellegarde-Smith Donald Trump, Trumpism

My PTSD seems to be back. I can scarcely watch the news. In the day, I easily spent five to

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The Power of Black Motherhood during COVID-19 and the Uprisings

October 16, 2020October 13, 2020 Assata Gonzalez #Autoethnographies, Activism, black feminism, black protest, Black women, Gender, race, racism, white supremacy

Editor’s note: This essay is part of our two-week blog series, featuring eight autoethnographies from students at Brooklyn College. Read

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Pandemic Deepens Food Inequality in Brooklyn

October 13, 2020October 19, 2020 Khadhazha Welch #AAIHSRoundtable, #Autoethnographies, Activism, Black women, Gender, racism, Resistance

Editor’s note: This essay is part of our two-week blog series, featuring eight autoethnographies from students at Brooklyn College. Read

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Autoethnographies of a Pandemic from Brooklyn’s Epicenter

October 12, 2020October 19, 2020 Jeanne Theoharis, Joseph Entin, and Dominick Braswell #AAIHSRoundtable, #Autoethnographies, class, COVID-19, ethnography, health, medical racism, New York, race, Racial Violence, racism, Resistance, student activism

Editor’s note: Today we are pleased to announce the launch of a two-week blog series, featuring eight autoethnographies from students

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Pauli Murray and the Need for Racial Reckoning

October 5, 2020October 4, 2020 Barbara Lau and Robin Kirk Activism, black feminism, black protest, Black women, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, education, Gender, race, racism, Resistance, sexuality, South

Confederate monuments are toppling across the nation following the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other African Americans.

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