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The Families of the Louisiana Native Guards

April 26, 2023April 25, 2023 Anthony J. Cade II #BlackMilitaryFamilies, Black Family, Civil War, Louisiana, Women

This post is part of our online forum on Black Military Families in the Nineteenth Century. On May 1, 1861,

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Women of Color and the Neoliberal University: An Interview with Lorgia García Peña Pt. 1

March 10, 2023March 7, 2023 Hettie Williams Author Interview, Higher education, Neoliberal University, Women, Women of Color

In today’s post, Hettie V. Williams interviews Dr. Lorgia García Peña, author of Community as Rebellion: A Syllabus for Surviving Academia

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Black Women and the Racialization of Infanticide

March 2, 2023March 1, 2023 Rebekka Michaelsen Black women, Infanticide, Margaret Garner, Pregnancy, Reproductive Rights, Women

“Knowledge of the human body constituted a form of property as important – or even more important than – the

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Kinship and Intimacy in Black Women’s Atlantic World

January 26, 2023January 23, 2023 Chinaza Ruth Okonkwo africa, book review, Kinship, slavery, Wicked Flesh, Women

Even as more scholars of color engage with the livelihoods of those not rich, white, or male, the way Black

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Black Widows and the Struggle for Pensions after the Civil War

January 12, 2023January 6, 2023 Hilary Green #FamiliesCivilWar, #Roundtable, Black Family, Civil War, Pensions, Women

This post is part of our online roundtable on Holly A. Pinheiro Jr.’s The Families’ Civil War. From enlistment to the

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