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Black Subjectivity and the Origins of American Gynecology

May 31, 2018October 24, 2018 Rachel Zellars Black women, Gender, medicine, Racial Violence, slavery

In her new award-winning book, Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology, historian Deirdre Cooper Owens describes

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Solidarity and Excellence: W.E.B. Du Bois and William Leo Hansberry

May 19, 2018May 22, 2018 Christopher Tinson African Diaspora, black intellectual history, race, teaching, W.E.B. Du Bois

In W. E. B. Du Bois’s The World and Africa, first published in 1946, he writes: “I have read Eduard

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Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History

May 18, 2018May 22, 2018 Sasha Turner Civil War, landownership, slavery

The Weeping Time: Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History opens up with a list of chattel—the names

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The Historical Roots of Blues Music

May 9, 2018May 15, 2018 Lamont Pearley Sr. Great Migration, Mississippi, music, slavery

Contrary to what some people believe, the blues is not “slave music.” Although it was cultivated by the descendants of slaves,

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Performance Traditions and the “Mardi Gras Indians” in New Orleans

May 5, 2018May 13, 2018 Matthew Teutsch African Diaspora, New Orleans, religion, slave trade

Countless theories surround the history of the “Mardi Gras Indians,” Black organizations in New Orleans that don suits inspired by

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