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After Intersectionality: A New Book on Black Feminism

February 22, 2019August 12, 2022 Emerald Rutledge black feminism, black intellectual history, Black women, Gender, intersectionality

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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The International Struggle for Social Justice: An Interview with Activist Desmera Gatewood

February 21, 2019August 12, 2022 Ajamu Amiri Dillahunt #BlackOrganizingToday, #BlackPalestinianSolidarity, Activism, black internationalism, black politics, black protest, student activism

This post is part of our Black Organizing Today Series. This series, edited by Ajamu Amiri Dillahunt, consists of interviews

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Why Black Women Can’t Breathe

February 21, 2019March 31, 2019 Celeste Henery Black women, health, Racial Violence, racism

Eric Garner’s gasp “I can’t breathe” in the chokehold of a New York City Police Department officer transformed into a

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The Transformation of Black Politics in the Liberator Magazine

February 13, 2019March 31, 2019 Cynthia Young #RadicalIntellect, Activism, archives, black internationalism, black press, black radical tradition, Black radicalism, Black Studies, race, Radical Intellect

This post is part of our online roundtable on Chris Tinson’s Radical Intellect Christopher Tinson’s Radical Intellect: Liberator Magazine and Black Activism in the 1960s

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Silencing Black Women in the White Courtroom

February 6, 2019March 31, 2019 Denise Lynn criminal justice system, sexual violence

On August 3, 1952, Ruby McCollum walked into Dr. C. LeRoy Adams’s medical practice in Live Oak, Florida and shot

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