Guest Poster - AAIHS

“If bitterness were a whetstone”: On Grief, History, and COVID-19

“Somedays, if bitterness were a whetstone, I could be sharp as grief.” -Audre Lorde, The Cancer Journals The COVID-19 numbers are

*This piece is part of the Blackness, Disability, & Gender Identity Series organized by Vilissa Thompson. “What comes first for

Practically any modern American historian can narrate a brief history of redlining in the United States. As the story goes,

That coronavirus (COVID-19) is “the great equalizer” has quickly become an old and tired adage, rightly critiqued by scholars and

The past five years have brought numerous fifty-year Civil Rights and Black Power Movement commemorations to the fore. Last year,