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Excavating the History of Afro-Brazilian Women

April 5, 2021April 18, 2021 Celeste Henery African Diaspora, archives, Brazil, carceral state, Historical Memory, slavery

Only a few pages remain of what is cited as the first known text written by an Afro-Brazilian woman. Rosa

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The History of African American Visual Culture

April 1, 2021March 31, 2021 Mary N. Mitchell art, Black Arts Movement, freedom, race, racism, slavery, Visual Culture

If you were lucky enough to see “The Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power,” an

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Black Fatherhood in the Long Nineteenth Century

March 23, 2021April 18, 2021 Aisha Djelid book review, Gender, masculinity, police violence, race, Racial Violence, racism, Resistance, slavery

The summer of 2020 was not only dominated by a global pandemic, but also saw a surge in support for

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Biographies of Women and Emancipation in the Americas

February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 Vanessa M. Holden Activism, African Diaspora, Black women, Gender, Resistance

Last fall, many people waited anxiously for the results of the U. S. elections. From Tuesday, November 3rd through Saturday,

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How Enslaved People Found A Pathway to Self-discovery

February 10, 2021February 8, 2021 Tyler Parry africa, religion, slavery

In 1837, Charles Ball published a memoir recounting his experience as one enslaved for forty years in the states of

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