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Roberta Elder: The Case of a Black Woman Serial Killer

May 28, 2019May 28, 2019 Denise Lynn Black women, Gender, police violence, violence, white supremacy

The killings may have started as early as 1938, but no one suspected murder until Reverend William M. Elder died

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Audre Lorde standing in front of board reading "Women are powerful and dangerous." Source: The Guardian.

Black Feminist Alchemy, Reproductive Justice, and the Carceral State

May 27, 2019May 25, 2019 Dan Berger black feminism, carceral state, mass incarceration, Prison Abolition, reproductive justice

In the poem “Revolution is One Form of Social Change,” Audre Lorde describes patriarchy as the foundation of the inequality

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Untangling Madam C.J. Walker’s Story

May 24, 2019May 24, 2019 A’Lelia Bundles #WalkerCentennial, Activism, black politics, Black women, Gender, Madam CJ Walker

*This post is part of our online forum on Madam C.J. Walker for the centennial anniversary of her death. As

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Affluence and Community at the Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company

May 23, 2019May 19, 2019 Paul R. Mullins #WalkerCentennial, Activism, black politics, Black women, civil rights, Madam CJ Walker, Resistance

*This post is part of our online forum on Madam C.J. Walker for the centennial anniversary of her death. In

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On Madam C. J. Walker’s Architecture

May 22, 2019May 22, 2019 Tara A. Dudley #WalkerCentennial, Activism, architecture, Black women, Madam CJ Walker

*This post is part of our online forum on Madam C.J. Walker for the centennial anniversary of her death. Villa

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