Aretha Franklin, Sexual Violence, and the “Culture of Dissemblance”
Many have proposed that Black American cultural expressions created in the New World — jazz, the blues, gospel, R&B, the
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Sexuality, History, and Britain’s Colonial Legacy
A recent editorial letter in the Jamaica Gleaner condemning the newspaper’s feature of popular dance-hall artist, Beenie Man, his so-called Babymama,
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Beyond the Black Paradigm? Queer Afro-diasporic Strategies
*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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History, Art, and Black Life in the United States
On September 6, 2018, Amber Guyger killed Botham Shem Jean after breaking into his apartment, allegedly mistaking it for her
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The Black Convention Movement and Black Politics in Nineteenth-Century America
African American leaders throughout the nineteenth century recognized the significance of creating and sustaining national organizations that were built upon
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