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Rosalyn Terborg-Penn’s African Feminist Theory and Praxis

October 21, 2019October 20, 2019 Sasha Turner #RosalynTerborgPenn, African Diaspora, black feminism, Black women, Caribbean, education, Gender, race, slavery

*This post is part of our online forum organized by Stephen G. Hall honoring the life and work of Dr. Rosalyn

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Jessye Norman and The Struggle for Black Pathos

October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 Kwame Holmes art, Black women, eugenics, Gender, music, white supremacy

soll ich lauschen? Shall I listen? Soll ich schlürfen, Shall I drink, untertauchen? immerse? Süß in Düften

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A Complicitous Critique: Reading Dwayne McDuffie’s ‘Icon’ in the Wake of ‘The Death of Superman’

October 10, 2019October 6, 2019 Phillip L. Cunningham #MilestoneMedia, Black women, comic books, comics, race

*This post is part of our online forum on the Black-owned and -controlled Milestone Media. The year 1993 proved a

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How Black Women Steered National Politics Through Local Activism in Washington, DC

October 3, 2019October 8, 2019 Rebecca Brenner Graham Activism, black politics, black protest, Black women, civil rights, Politics, Washington DC

Many histories of America’s capital city have explored the personal networks of political figures. They have revealed the sociopolitical influence

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A Black Woman Communist Candidate: Charlene Mitchell’s 1968 Presidential Campaign

September 24, 2019September 17, 2019 E. James West Activism, anti-capitalism, black politics, black radical tradition, Black radicalism, Black women, capitalism, Communism, Communist Party, Politics, presidents

This piece is the third installment of E. James West’s article series on the 1968 Presidential Campaign. Click these links

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