Search Results for: racism

State Violence and Pregnant Black Mothers

July 24, 2018July 26, 2018 Marlo David Black women, carceral state, Gender, motherhood, police violence

For Black women, pregnancy presents a multiplying set of vulnerabilities which illuminate the intersectional frames of race, gender, and class

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Challenging the Boundaries of Women’s History and Beyond

July 23, 2018July 26, 2018 Sasha Turner academia, Black women, black women scholars, Gender, Politics

Earlier this year, the Coordinating Council for Women in History issued a statement condemning the all-white male conference held at

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Race and Identity in Medieval Europe

July 20, 2018July 23, 2018 Lynn Ramey Black Europe, Black Europe Series, Literary studies, poetry

*This post is part of our new blog series on Black Europe. This series, edited by Kira Thurman and Anne-Marie Angelo, explores what it means to

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50 Years Since Detroit’s Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement

July 19, 2018July 26, 2018 Duncan Tarr Activism, Black Power, black protest, black radical tradition, capitalism

On July 8, 1968, a group of Black autoworkers led a wildcat strike that partially shut down Chrysler Corporation’s Dodge

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Paule Marshall’s “Brooklyn” and the #MeToo Movement

July 18, 2018July 23, 2018 Lavelle Porter Black women, Civil Rights Movement, New York, Racial Violence, sexual violence

“Sexual harassment? We didn’t even think to use the term back in the early fifties when this story takes place,”

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