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

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

Aneeka Ayanna Henderson is the author of Veil and Vow: Marriage Matters in Contemporary African American Culture (February 2020) published

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

Last fall, two local researchers from Halifax, Nova Scotia published their original findings of racial disparities in the relief efforts

At noon on September 29, 1927, the clouds over St. Louis began to take on an ominous darkness. In the