“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
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Black Deaths and Black Mourning in the Time of Coronavirus
That coronavirus (COVID-19) is “the great equalizer” has quickly become an old and tired adage, rightly critiqued by scholars and
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The 1917 Halifax Explosion and Structural Anti-Blackness in Times of Crisis
Last fall, two local researchers from Halifax, Nova Scotia published their original findings of racial disparities in the relief efforts
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‘A White Man Took Her’: Trauma, Loss, and Grief among the Enslaved
In November 1864, a formerly enslaved man named Peter Bumper and his fiance Bucinda Nelson had their marriage registered with
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Mourning the Loss of My Father: Wynton Marsalis on the Passing of Ellis Marsalis Jr.
*This post appeared on Wynton Marsalis‘ blog and appears here with his permission. My daddy passed away last night (April
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