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Black Theater History is Still Radical

July 14, 2020July 12, 2020 Anita Gonzalez #RadicalBlackTheatre, art, Black radicalism, literature, Performance, theater

*This post is part of our joint online roundtable with The Journal of Civil and Human Rights on Kate Dossett’s Radical Black Theatre in The

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Celebrating 50 Years of Essence as a Black Women’s Archive

July 1, 2020July 1, 2020 Jacinta R. Saffold Black women, Gender, literature

Essence Magazine occupies a distinct position within the continuum of Black culture as an aspirational lifestyle magazine, grounded by a

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On Black Women’s Ecologies

June 30, 2020July 3, 2020 Carlyn Ferrari #BlackEcologies, Black Ecologies, black feminism, Black women, environment, geography, literature, race, racism

*This post is part of our new series on Black Ecologies edited by Justin Hosbey, Leah Kaplan, & J.T. Roane. “Oh to

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Excavating Black Queer Thought: A Pride Bibliography II

June 23, 2020June 21, 2020 Emerald Rutledge black feminism, Black Queer Identity, Black Queers, film, Gender, LGBT, literature, race, sexuality, trans identity

In honor of Pride Month 2020, I wanted to extend the list of texts from the bibliography offered last year,

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Intimate History, Radical Narrative

May 22, 2020June 3, 2020 Saidiya Hartman #WaywardLives, black feminism, black radical tradition, Black radicalism, Black women, Gender, Resistance, W.E.B. Du Bois

*This post is part of our joint online roundtable with the Journal of African American History. Archival documents are scattered

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