Death and Memory From Mississippi to Chicago
My grandfather died on Christmas Eve. I never knew him, but his legend still hangs over me. Even though I’m named
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Death
Black Women’s Suicide and a Call for Radical Friendship
I am still sitting with the loss of Ashawnty Davis, the 10-year-old Black girl from Aurora, Colorado who ended her
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Gender, Civil Rights, and the Case of Odell Waller
Pauli Murray is a central figure of women’s activism. Her career spanned five decades and included work in the labor
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Race, Freedom, and Extermination in America and the Atlantic World
Kay Wright Lewis’s new book, A Curse Upon the Nation: Race, Freedom, and Extermination in America and the Atlantic World (University
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Erica Garner and the Trauma of Police Violence in Black Communities
As I write this article, I want to be clear about my intended audience. I am writing this piece in remembrance
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