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The Mundane and Extraordinary Aspects of Black Women’s History: An Interview with Kali Nicole Gross

September 20, 2016September 20, 2016 Ashley Farmer Black women, black women scholars, reconstruction

This month I interviewed Kali Nicole Gross about her new book, Hannah Mary Tabbs and the Disembodied Torso (Oxford University Press, 2016). Dr. Gross is

“Heed the Call!”: Black Women, Anti-imperialism, and Black Anti-War Activism

August 3, 2016August 2, 2016 Ashley Farmer imperialism

With the recent passing of Muhammad Ali, discussions about anti-Vietnam War activism has come to the fore. The heavyweight champion’s

Black Women Organize for the Future of Pan-Africanism: the Sixth Pan-African Congress

July 3, 2016July 2, 2016 Ashley Farmer #WomenandPanAfricanismSeries, Pan-Africanism

*This is the first of a new blog series on Women, Gender and Pan-Africanism edited by blogger Keisha N. Blain.

Mae Mallory: Forgotten Black Power Intellectual

June 3, 2016June 2, 2016 Ashley Farmer black radical tradition

On October 2, 1962 journalists at the Chicago Defender interviewed Mae Mallory, a prisoner at the Cuyahoga County Jail in

The Many Women Mentors of Malcolm X

May 3, 2016May 4, 2016 Ashley Farmer black internationalism, black politics, black protest, Malcolm X

The release of Beyoncé’s Lemonade has prompted many viewers and critics to remark on her inclusion of Malcolm X’s statements