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Historicizing Black Left Feminism in Prerevolutionary Cuba

September 21, 2022September 14, 2022 Takkara Brunson Black Left Feminism, Black women, Cuba, feminism, Women

In April 1925, white feminist leaders invited tobacco stemmer Inocencia Valdés to speak before delegates of the Second National Women’s

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Lorraine Hansberry: the Organizer

September 9, 2022August 30, 2022 Soyica Diggs Colbert #RadicalVision, black feminism, Black political thought, Lorraine Hansberry, Playwright

This post is part of our online roundtable on Soyica Diggs Colbert’s Radical Vision As I completed the research for Radical Vision, I

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On Ambivalence, Revision, and the Remarkable Life of Lorraine Hansberry

September 8, 2022September 8, 2022 Isaiah Matthew Wooden #RadicalVision, art, Black political thought, Lorraine Hansberry, Playwright

This post is part of our online roundtable on Soyica Diggs Colbert’s Radical Vision Among the many things that captured my

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Race, Welfare Reform, and the Push for Family Values

August 31, 2022August 22, 2022 Trumaine Mitchell Abortion, Black women, Congress, reproductive justice, Welfare

With the stroke of a pen, all the gains of the abortion rights movement in the United States were overturned

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Black Women Resisting Racial Violence: A CBFS Interview

August 29, 2022August 23, 2022 Lucien Baskin black feminism, Black women, Racial Violence

Conversations in Black Freedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated

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