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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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Women of Color Consciousness and the Global Environmental Movement

March 6, 2023March 5, 2023 Hettie Williams black intellectual history, black internationalism

Grace Lee Boggs and Wangari Maathai were central figures in the development of the global environmental movement. Their work as

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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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Vaccines, Truckers, and White Supremacy between the US and Canada

February 17, 2023February 9, 2023 Rachel Zellars antebellum, Black Canadian History, Black History, Canada

On January 28, 2022, with plenty of social media forewarning, hundreds of large rigs, pick-up trucks, cars, and a few

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HBCUs and the Red Scare

February 14, 2023February 13, 2023 Candace Cunningham Activism, Civil Rights Movement, Jim Crow, South

In the aftermath of Brown v. Board of Education, racial tensions rose as African Americans began immediately submitting school desegregation

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