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Organizing for Reproductive Justice: An Interview with Barbara Smith

August 8, 2022August 1, 2022 Joseph R. Fitzgerald #ReproductiveRights, Activism, black feminism, black protest, Black radicalism, Black women, reproductive justice

This post is part of our forum on “Black Women and Reproductive Rights.” In today’s post, Barbara Smith is interviewed

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Reproductive Rights, Slavery, and ‘Dobbs v. Jackson’

August 2, 2022August 2, 2022 Jennifer L. Morgan

This post is part of our forum on “Black Women and Reproductive Rights.” In 1662, the Virginia legislature cast a

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Seeing May Ayim through Her Friends’ Eyes

June 13, 2022June 12, 2022 Tiffany Florvil black intellectual history, black internationalism, Black women

Black German poet and activist May Ayim would have turned sixty-two years old on May 3. She was born in

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The Consequences of USCT Soldiering

May 26, 2022May 25, 2022 Holly A. Pinheiro, Jr. Civil War, Pension System, reparations, United States Colored Infantry, United States Colored Troop, USCI, USCT

Solomon Wilson, a Thirty-First United States Colored Infantry (USCI) soldier, died in a regimental hospital on August 6, 1864. An

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Rust Belt Resilience: The History of Buffalo’s Colored Musicians Club

May 19, 2022May 18, 2022 Tiana U. Wilson black lives matter, Black radicalism, Civil Rights Movement, white supremacy

When I first heard of the Buffalo mass shooting from my residence in California, I immediately reached out to my

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