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The Subversive Praxis of Black Beauty and Wealth

October 20, 2017October 24, 2017 Janell Hobson black feminism, Black women, Caribbean, Gender

Having rocked the cosmetics industry last month with her new line of products, Fenty Beauty, pop star Rihanna (née Robyn

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Beyond Respectability: A New Book on Black Female Public Intellectuals

May 30, 2017June 2, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi black intellectual history, Black women, Gender, review of black women's intellectual history

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

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Shonda Rhimes. Photo: James White / Simon & Schuster via NPR.

Respectability Politics and Shonda Rhimes, a Black Woman Showrunner

April 28, 2017May 1, 2017 Ralina Joseph #politicsofrespectability, Black women, television

This post is part of our online roundtable on Black Women and the Politics of Respectability. Black women’s visibility on

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TS Madison. Photo: Huffington Post.

Representation, Respectability, and Transgender Women of Color in Media

April 27, 2017May 1, 2017 Julian Glover #AAIHSRoundtable, #politicsofrespectability

This post is part of our online roundtable on Black Women and the Politics of Respectability. The past decade ushered

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Rosa Parks. Photo: Encyclopedia Britannica.

Rosa Parks and the Image of Respectability

April 26, 2017May 1, 2017 Katharina Fackler #AAIHSRoundtable, #politicsofrespectability, civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, racism

This post is part of our online roundtable on Black Women and the Politics of Respectability. Since the day she

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