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Black Women Have Shaped Politics in Boston for Centuries

March 4, 2021March 3, 2021 Kabria Baumgartner

Kim Janey will probably vacate her position as president of the Boston City Council to become the city’s acting mayor.

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Registration is Open: AAIHS’ 6th Annual Conference

March 1, 2021March 1, 2021 AAIHS Editors

#AAIHS2021 The African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS)’s Sixth Annual Conference Conference Theme: The West March 19-20, 2021 A Virtual

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On the Life and Work of Audre Lorde

February 19, 2021February 22, 2021 Keelyn Bradley #AudreLorde, black intellectual history, Black political thought, Black Queers, Black Studies, Gender, race, racism, white supremacy

*This post is part of our online forum on the Life and Work of Audre Lorde  The spectacle of a dying

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Biographies of Women and Emancipation in the Americas

February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 Vanessa M. Holden Activism, African Diaspora, Black women, Gender, Resistance

Last fall, many people waited anxiously for the results of the U. S. elections. From Tuesday, November 3rd through Saturday,

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How Enslaved People Found A Pathway to Self-discovery

February 10, 2021February 8, 2021 Tyler Parry africa, religion, slavery

In 1837, Charles Ball published a memoir recounting his experience as one enslaved for forty years in the states of

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