Black Women Public Intellectuals in U.S. History and Culture
The field of Black women’s intellectual history has experienced a renaissance in recent years. Works such as Toward an Intellectual
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Race
Joyce Ladner and SNCC
On the occasion of the recent sixtieth anniversary of the March on Washington, many of us celebrated and remembered those who
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Black Administrative Politics and the Question of the US State
In his book Administering Freedom, labor organizer and historian Dale Kretz asks how formerly enslaved Black people made freedom meaningful through
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Womanist Theology and the Purple Perspective
This post is part of our forum on “Womanist Theology.” Alice Walker’s definition of womanist—“womanist is to feminist as purple
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Police Violence Against Black WWII Veterans
Black Americans signed up in record numbers to serve their country during World War II. They did so despite a
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