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Black Lives Matter, Black Power, and the Role of White Allies

December 12, 2018December 24, 2018 Say Burgin Activism, black lives matter

The Movement for Black Lives has revived many familiar debates, one of which revolves around the question of the role

The Erasure of Black and Trans Lives

December 6, 2018December 10, 2018 Julio Capó, Jr. #AAIHSRoundtable, #BlackonBothSides, archives, black lives matter, Gender, Racial Violence

*This post is part of our online roundtable on C. Riley Snorton’s Black on Both Sides. The author discusses the fifth and final chapter:

Doing Black and Trans History

December 5, 2018December 10, 2018 Jennifer C. Nash #AAIHSRoundtable, #BlackonBothSides, archives, black lives matter, Gender, race

*This post is part of our online roundtable on C. Riley Snorton’s Black on Both Sides. The author discusses the fourth chapter: ‘A Nightmarish

Gynecology and the Ungendering of Black Women

December 4, 2018December 7, 2018 Alejandro S. Escalante #AAIHSRoundtable, #BlackonBothSides, black lives matter, Gender, race, Racial Violence, racism

*This post is part of our online roundtable on C. Riley Snorton’s Black on Both Sides. The author discusses the first chapter: ‘Anatomically Speaking:

Frederick Douglass’s Vision of America

November 27, 2018December 3, 2018 Neil Roberts black lives matter, Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass Forum

*This post is part of our online forum on the life of Frederick Douglass. Fellow Citizens: I’m worried. Very worried. But don’t