The Troubled History of Medical Harm to Black Women
In 1805, a Black woman known in the historical record as Pleasant, took a deep breath and pushed her son
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Black Women Enterprising Freedom in Colonial Santo Domingo
Black women have been “winning” for Black freedom since the sixteenth century. Groups of enslaved African and African-descendant women who
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Post-war Representations of British Caribbean Food Markets
The proverbial “you are what you eat” suggests that what someone consumes is indicative of their overall health and their
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African Americans and the First Black Republic
It is difficult to talk about Haiti. For the past two months the island nation has been mired in violence
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Traditions of Resistance in the Black Diaspora
African resistance to American slavery originated at the moment African slavery in the Americas began. The first recorded enslaved Africans
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