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Fury and Disrepute: Black Women’s Feminism in Lawless Times

May 8, 2026April 26, 2026 Jenn M. Jackson 0 Comments
black feminism

We rarely read stories about unrespectable women. When we do, they are often white, middle class, heterosexual, and cisgender. Unrespectable

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Black Women Fighting Back: Philadelphia Style

May 5, 2026April 26, 2026 Cheryl D. Hicks 1 Comment
black feminism

Black women’s history is filled with examples of individual women—and the organizations they helped to create—fighting back against a host

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History Matters Now More Than Ever

July 18, 2025July 2, 2025 Françoise N. Hamlin and Charles W. McKinney, Jr. #FromRightstoLives, black lives matter, Civil Rights Movement, teaching

This post is part of our online roundtable on Françoise N. Hamlin and Charles W. McKinney Jr.’s From Rights to Lives.

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The First and Last King of Haiti: An Interview with Marlene L. Daut

January 15, 2025January 15, 2025 Nathalie Frédéric Pierre Haiti, Haitian Revolution

In today’s post, Nathalie Frédéric Pierre, Assistant Professor of History at Howard University, interviews renowned historian Marlene L. Daut about her

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Beyonce, Ameriican Requiem, and Reclaiming Genre

November 22, 2024November 19, 2024 Elizabeth Gonzalez Black women, music, popular culture, racism

“Nothing really ends, for things to stay the same they have to change again” On March 29, 2024, Beyoncé released

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