A Discourse on Race and Inequality in the United States
*Editor’s Note: This week we are publishing some of our favorite BP articles from this year. We begin with this
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Introducing the New Editorial Board of ‘Black Perspectives’
We’re excited to announce the creation of a new editorial board for the blog, which includes a diverse group of
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Introducing New Bloggers to ‘Black Perspectives’
We’re excited to announce this year’s new contributors to Black Perspectives. This diverse group of talented scholars will explore a
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Zora Neale Hurston’s ‘Barracoon’ and Africatown’s Sister Settlement
More than ninety years after Zora Neale Hurston first met Cudjo Lewis, her manuscript Barracoon has finally been published. Hurston encountered
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State Violence and Pregnant Black Mothers
For Black women, pregnancy presents a multiplying set of vulnerabilities which illuminate the intersectional frames of race, gender, and class
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