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Claudia Jones and Ending the Neglect of Black Women

March 26, 2018April 2, 2018 Denise Lynn black feminism, Black radicalism, Black women, Claudia Jones, Communism

With the onset of the Cold War and the U.S. government’s attacks on radicalism, the American Communist Party began to

Broad Sympathies in a Narrow World: A New Book on the Legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois

March 26, 2018April 2, 2018 Phillip Luke Sinitiere art, black politics, Black women, literature, poetry, W.E.B. Du Bois

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

Wakanda and Black Feminist Political Imagination

March 24, 2018April 2, 2018 Samantha Pinto #BlackPanther, #comicsandrace, black feminism, Black women, Gender

*This post is part of our new blog series on The World of the Black Panther. This series, edited by Julian Chambliss and Walter

The Pursuit of Happiness: A New Book on Black Women’s Travels Abroad

March 2, 2018March 5, 2018 Keisha N. Blain African Diaspora, black politics, Black women, blackness, Jamaica, travel

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

Benedita da Silva, Brazil’s First Black Woman Senator and Governor

March 1, 2018March 3, 2018 Jaimee A. Swift Afro-Brazilians, black politics, Black women, Brazil, intersectionality

Female politicians are underrepresented in their leadership and their participation, and their contributions and successes in national, local, and civil