Black Women’s Fugitivity in Colonial America
Lucia, a fourteen-year-old young girl transported to the Georgia Lowcountry during the 1760s, brought with her a deft understanding of
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Black women
Reclaiming Intimate Histories in the Americas
Sexuality and Slavery: Reclaiming Intimate Histories in the Americas, co-edited by Daina Ramey Berry and Leslie M. Harris, is a
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The Trauma of Racial Violence in Frederick Douglass’s America
*This post is part of the online forum on The Futures of Frederick Douglass. The contributions in this forum each
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The ‘Baby Dolls’ of New Orleans: Gender, Race, and Self-Creation
“Is the unruly woman masker still relevant?” This question posed by Xavier University dean and professor Kim Vaz-Deville speaks to
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Black Women’s Anti-War and Anti-Colonial Activism
Conversations in Black Freedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated
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