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State v. Mann: Lydia’s Journey

February 23, 2022February 22, 2022 Sally Greene Black women, Freedom Suits, law, North Carolina, slavery

Naturally, we don’t know her full name. That we know her at all is only because of a gun aimed

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Until I Am Free: Teaching Fannie Lou Hamer Past and Present

February 3, 2022February 2, 2022 Nicole M. Gipson black politics, Black women, Civil Rights Movement, Fannie Lou Hamer, SNCC

What we don’t know about the real life of the civil rights leader, Fannie Lou Hamer could fill a

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Black Women, West Indian Networks, and US immigration

January 10, 2022January 9, 2022 Menika Dirkson black intellectual history, Black women, literature

“I was numb, but it was from not knowing just what this new life would hold for me.” —Jamaica Kincaid, Lucy

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Enslaved Women’s Sexual Health: Reproductive Rights as Resistance

December 1, 2021November 30, 2021 Crystal Webster Black women, Gender, slavery

In 1841, Mrs. John Little crossed the Ohio River and left behind a life of bondage. After a long journey,

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Revolutionary Feminism: An Interview with Patricia Romney

November 12, 2021November 11, 2021 Tiana U. Wilson black feminism, black intellectual history, Black women

In today’s post, Tiana U. Wilson, managing editor of Black Perspectives, interviews Dr. Patricia Romney on her new book, We

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