Black Women’s Histories: Conversations
As a regular writer and blogger for Ms. Magazine, I have been engaging in some fruitful conversations with black feminist
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Insanity, the Historian, and the Slave Catcher: “Capturing” Black Voices
First an episode from nineteenth-century Brazil: in 1895 Raimundo Nina Rodrigues, a forensic psychiatrist at the University of Bahia in
Read moreWhy the Women of Hip-Hop Are Crying: Black Women’s Hip-Hop Histories
There is something deeply touching and yet somewhat enraging when reading Missy Elliott’s post-Super Bowl halftime performance tweet: So many
Read moreThe Deep Roots of Afro-Asia
This post is the first of a short series on Afro-Asia—the cultural and political exchanges and historical connections between people
Read moreDied of a theory
It’s been interesting to read the recent controversy over the existence and prevalence of “black Confederates” during the Civil War.
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