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the problem with the passive past tense

July 10, 2018July 12, 2018 Alexis Pauline Gumbs #SandraBlandForum, #sayhername, poetry, Sandra Bland

This post is part of our online forum in honor of Sandra Bland, coinciding with the third anniversary of her death. The forum includes

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Black Women, Mental Health, and Slow Violence

July 10, 2018July 12, 2018 Alaina Morgan #SandraBlandForum, #sayhername, Black women, police brutality, police violence, Sandra Bland

This post is part of our online forum in honor of Sandra Bland, coinciding with the third anniversary of her death. The forum includes historical

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The Legacy of Sandra Bland: An Interview with Poet Simone John

July 9, 2018July 12, 2018 Phillip Luke Sinitiere #SandraBlandForum, #sayhername, Black women, poetry, Sandra Bland

This post of part of our online forum on Sandra Bland, coinciding with the third anniversary of her death. The forum includes

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Black Resistance to Segregation in the Nineteenth Century

July 5, 2018July 9, 2018 Jessica Parr Black women, law, New York, segregation

In 1852, the Third Avenue Railroad Company was founded. It ran between City Hall and 62nd Street in Manhattan. Its

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Black Women, History, and the Democratic Party

July 3, 2018July 9, 2018 Millington Bergeson-Lockwood Activism, black politics, Black women, electoral politics, Jim Crow

On May 30, 2018, Axios published an article announcing, “Black women feel slighted by the Democrats.” The article explains how African

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