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Women of Color and the Neoliberal University: An Interview with Lorgia García Peña Pt. 1

March 10, 2023March 7, 2023 Hettie Williams Author Interview, Higher education, Neoliberal University, Women, Women of Color

In today’s post, Hettie V. Williams interviews Dr. Lorgia García Peña, author of Community as Rebellion: A Syllabus for Surviving Academia

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Black Internationalism and Haiti: An Interview with Leslie M. Alexander

March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 Lauren T. Rorie Author Interview, Black Internationalist, Haiti, Internationalism, Pan-Africanism

In today’s post, Lauren T. Rorie interviews Dr. Leslie M. Alexander, author of Fear of a Black Republic: Haiti and the Birth

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2023 Finalists for the Pauli Murray Book Prize in Black Intellectual History

March 8, 2023March 7, 2023 AAIHS Editors #AAIHSConference, AAIHS23, Book Award, conference, Pauli Murray, Pauli Murray Book Award Finalists

    The African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) is pleased to announce the finalists for the fifth annual Pauli

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Black Women and the Racialization of Infanticide

March 2, 2023March 1, 2023 Rebekka Michaelsen Black women, Infanticide, Margaret Garner, Pregnancy, Reproductive Rights, Women

“Knowledge of the human body constituted a form of property as important – or even more important than – the

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The Mystique of Chica da Silva

February 24, 2023February 16, 2023 Menika Dirkson Brazil, Chica da Silva, Enslaved women, Gender, Latin America, slavery

“La negra tiene tumba’o, nunca camina de la’o.” -Celia Cruz In 1985, West German band Boney M. released its eighth album, Eye Dance,

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