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Nate Parker, Rape Culture, and Toxic Masculinity

August 20, 2016August 20, 2016 Deirdre Cooper Owens Nat Turner, Nate Parker, rape

Over the past seventy-two hours, the Internet has been abuzz over Nate Parker’s involvement in a seventeen-year-old rape case. Journalists

“Womanish is the Perfect Description for Me”: Remembering Leslie Brown

August 18, 2016August 18, 2016 Rhon Manigault-Bryant Leslie Brown

Womanist: 1. From womanish. (Opp. of “girlish,” i.e. frivolous, irresponsible, not serious.) A black feminist or feminist of color. From the black folk

An Interview with Former Black Panther Lynn French

August 6, 2016August 6, 2016 Guest Poster Black Panther Party, Black Panthers, Chicago

This interview was originally published on Public Books and is reprinted here with permission. The interviewer, Salamishah Tillet is an

“Heed the Call!”: Black Women, Anti-imperialism, and Black Anti-War Activism

August 3, 2016August 2, 2016 Ashley Farmer imperialism

With the recent passing of Muhammad Ali, discussions about anti-Vietnam War activism has come to the fore. The heavyweight champion’s

#TheHistorySoundtable II: 70 Recent History Books by Black Women

July 23, 2016July 23, 2016 Guest Poster black women scholars

Co-authored by Sowande’ Mustakeem and Keisha N. Blain In recognition of the dynamic work being done by black women scholars,