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Sexual Violence Against Enslaved Men

October 29, 2019October 28, 2019 Kevin C. Quin masculinity, Racial Violence, sexual violence, sexuality, slavery

In Rethinking Rufus: Sexual Violations of Enslaved Men, historian Thomas Foster examines how the conditions of slavery gave rise to

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Salvific Manhood: A New Book about Male Intimacy in James Baldwin’s Novels

October 4, 2019October 4, 2019 J. T. Roane black intellectual history, Black Queer Identity, Gender, James Baldwin, literature, masculinity, sexuality

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

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The Centrality of Whiteness in Modern Sports

September 25, 2019September 17, 2019 Jermaine Scott culture, Gender, masculinity, race, sports, white supremacy

Modern sport is racial. This statement has become obvious with the recent protests in the NFL, NBA, and WNBA around

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Tears, Tears: On Black Masculinity

February 8, 2019March 31, 2019 Marquis Bey masculinity

The men I grew up around were men. They were men because they believed they were, and were adamant about

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The Education of Black Boys

January 31, 2019February 2, 2019 Nadrea Njoku black feminism, black intellectual history, Gender, masculinity, race

In both Keisha Lindsay’s In A Classroom Of Their Own: The Intersection of Race and Feminist Politics in All-Black Male

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