Eugenics and the Modern Conservative Movement
On December 26, 2017, The New York Times published an op-ed by the widely known North Carolinian activist, Rev. William
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Black women
Black German Women and the Fifth Cross-Cultural Black Women’s Studies Summer Institute
When the opening session of the Fifth Cross-Cultural Black Women’s Studies Summer Institute began on August 2, 1991, in a
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Black Women’s Histories and the Power of Truth-Telling
Not long after Oprah Winfrey, the iconic media mogul and pioneer for African American women in film, television, and journalism,
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Josephine Butler and Environmental Activism in Washington, DC
The first time I heard about Josephine Butler was when I stepped into the building named after her––the Josephine Butler
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Cartoonist Jackie Ormes’ Commentary on Black Life
Writing in the Chicago Defender in 1948, Langston Hughes proclaimed, “If I were marooned on a desert island . . . I
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