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The Resilience of Black Love in Black History

February 12, 2021February 22, 2021 Koritha Mitchell Black women, Marriage, sexuality

When Michelle Obama’s appearance at the Biden/Harris inauguration set social media ablaze, many enjoyed imagining Barack Obama bragging about his

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Black and Latinx LGBTQ Communities: An Author Interview with Siobhan Brooks

February 3, 2021February 3, 2021 Tyler Parry black, Black Queer Identity, Black Queers, Gender, intersectionality, Latino/a, LGBT, religion, sexual violence, sexuality, trans identity, violence

In today’s post, senior editor Tyler D. Parry interviews Siobhan Brooks on her new book Everyday Violence against Black and

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We Are Not Slaves — An Author’s Response

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 Robert T. Chase #AAIHSRoundtable, #WeAreNotSlaves, carceral state, Gender, Jim Crow, oral history, prisons, race, racism, sexual violence, sexuality, slavery, violence, white supremacy

*This post is part of our online roundtable on Robert T. Chase’s We Are Not Slaves. On Friday, January 15, at 12noon

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Looking Back: Convict Leasing and the Trusty System

January 14, 2021January 11, 2021 Charlene J. Fletcher #WeAreNotSlaves, carceral state, mass incarceration, prisons, sexuality

*This post is part of our online roundtable on Robert T. Chase’s We Are Not Slaves. Over the past four

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Carceral Studies and Same-Sex Intimacy

January 12, 2021January 10, 2021 Timothy Stewart-Winter #WeAreNotSlaves, carceral state, LGBT, mass incarceration, prisons, sexual violence, sexuality

*This post is part of our online roundtable on Robert T. Chase’s We Are Not Slaves. Robert T. Chase’s book, We

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