A Critique of Black Capitalism in an American Horror Film
The film, Candyman (1992), is a Blaxploitation film, a reactional Black revenge story that seeks to challenge white racism, privilege,
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Online Forum-Urban Rebellions in the 1960s
October 14-17, 2024 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is hosting an online forum that
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The Troubled History of Medical Harm to Black Women
In 1805, a Black woman known in the historical record as Pleasant, took a deep breath and pushed her son
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Black Women Enterprising Freedom in Colonial Santo Domingo
Black women have been “winning” for Black freedom since the sixteenth century. Groups of enslaved African and African-descendant women who
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Post-war Representations of British Caribbean Food Markets
The proverbial “you are what you eat” suggests that what someone consumes is indicative of their overall health and their
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