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Paule Marshall’s “Brooklyn” and the #MeToo Movement

July 18, 2018July 23, 2018 Lavelle Porter Black women, Civil Rights Movement, New York, Racial Violence, sexual violence

“Sexual harassment? We didn’t even think to use the term back in the early fifties when this story takes place,”

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“Left Exposed to View!”: Black Women and Sexualized Violence

May 11, 2018May 15, 2018 Trimiko Melancon lynching, police brutality, police violence, Racial Violence, Resistance, sexual violence

In May 1962, Malcolm X delivered a commanding speech with his now infamous lines regarding the positionality of Black women:

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The Historical Erasure of Violence Against Black Women

January 24, 2018January 30, 2018 Denise Lynn black feminism, black protest, Black women, Communism, NAACP, racism, sexual violence, South, white supremacy

The #MeToo movement and the recent attention to Recy Taylor’s 1944 rape has drawn much needed attention to the consistent

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The Man-Not: A New Book on the Dilemmas of Black Manhood

December 9, 2017December 14, 2017 Julie Hawks rape, sexual violence

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

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