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Dorothy Height and the Roots of a Black Intellectual-Activist

September 28, 2022September 23, 2022 M. Keith Claybrook, Jr. Civil Rights Movement, Dorthy I. Height, Great Migreation, Intellectual History, Intellectual Identity, Racial Justice

Dorothy I. Height was a model Black intellectual-activist. She challenged racism and sexism at an early age, setting the stage for a

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Historical Legacies, Black Canadian Slavery, and Institutional Histories

September 22, 2022September 22, 2022 Melissa N. Shaw Black women, Canada, slavery, Universities, Women

McGill University’s institutional history dramatically changes when it accounts for the fact that its founder, James McGill, was an enslaver

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Historicizing Black Left Feminism in Prerevolutionary Cuba

September 21, 2022September 14, 2022 Takkara Brunson Black Left Feminism, Black women, Cuba, feminism, Women

In April 1925, white feminist leaders invited tobacco stemmer Inocencia Valdés to speak before delegates of the Second National Women’s

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Lorraine Hansberry: the Organizer

September 9, 2022August 30, 2022 Soyica Diggs Colbert #RadicalVision, black feminism, Black political thought, Lorraine Hansberry, Playwright

This post is part of our online roundtable on Soyica Diggs Colbert’s Radical Vision As I completed the research for Radical Vision, I

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On Ambivalence, Revision, and the Remarkable Life of Lorraine Hansberry

September 8, 2022September 8, 2022 Isaiah Matthew Wooden #RadicalVision, art, Black political thought, Lorraine Hansberry, Playwright

This post is part of our online roundtable on Soyica Diggs Colbert’s Radical Vision Among the many things that captured my

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