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The Troubled History of Medical Harm to Black Women

October 8, 2024October 6, 2024 Savannah Flanagan Black women, medical racism, medicine, motherhood, slavery

In 1805, a Black woman known in the historical record as Pleasant, took a deep breath and pushed her son

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African Americans and the First Black Republic

September 25, 2024September 21, 2024 Sherri V. Cummings black protest, Haiti, Haitian Revolution

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

September 24, 2024September 21, 2024 Christina Proenza-Coles Activism, black internationalism, Black radicalism

African resistance to American slavery originated at the moment African slavery in the Americas began. The first recorded enslaved Africans

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Black Women’s Global Activism: An Interview with Carmen Hutchinson Miller

September 23, 2024September 23, 2024 Kiana Knight #BlackWomensActivismInTheDiaspora, Activism, black internationalism, Black women

This post is part of our forum on “Black Women’s Activism in the African Diaspora.” Dr. Carmen Hutchinson Miller was

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Black Women Comrades in the Struggle for Liberation

September 20, 2024September 19, 2024 Maria Martin #BlackWomensActivismInTheDiaspora, Activism

This post is part of our forum on “Black Women’s Activism in the African Diaspora.”  “Dear Comrade,” began a letter

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