Civil Rights and Healthcare: Remembering Simkins v. Cone (1963)
Upon her release from L. Richardson Memorial Hospital’s maternity ward in Greensboro, North Carolina, my grandmother, Ann Wilson Scales, walked
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The Long History of Black Women’s Exclusion in Historic Marches in Washington
On Saturday, January 21, 2017, the day after the presidential inauguration, thousands of women will descend on the nation’s capital
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The Defender: A New Book on Chicago’s Legendary Black Newspaper
This post is part of my blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History
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Cuba, Antiracism, and a New Revolution
January 1, 2017 was the first time since 1959 that Cuba has celebrated a New Year and the anniversary of
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Confronting School Choice, Part I: The NAACP’s Charter Moratorium and the Backlash
On October 15, 2016, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) announced that its Board of Directors
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