Portraits of Black Womanhood
When I first encountered Marie-Guillemine Benoist’s Portrait d’une Negresse at the Louvre, I had just researched and encountered the remains of
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Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom
This is an excerpt from Keisha N. Blain’s Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle
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Remaking Black Power: A New Book on Women and Black Power
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 Tears, Struggles, and Hopes of Black Women
A video of Angela Davis’s reception in Bahia, Brazil this summer captures a moment of unbridled joy. She walks into
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The Subversive Praxis of Black Beauty and Wealth
Having rocked the cosmetics industry last month with her new line of products, Fenty Beauty, pop star Rihanna (née Robyn
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