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Audre Lorde And I Were Once Enemies

February 16, 2021February 15, 2021 Kenyon Farrow #AudreLorde, Activism, black feminism, Gender, white supremacy

Audre Lorde and I were once mortal enemies. At least that’s the way it seemed. In late 2004, I wrote

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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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Henry Aaron and American Memory

February 8, 2021February 7, 2021 Robert Greene II Activism, Baseball, Henry Aaron, Jackie Robinson

The recent death of Henry Aaron sparked remembrances of both his legendary playing career and his longer fight for civil

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Law Enforcement’s Double Standards for Black Radical Activists

February 1, 2021January 30, 2021 Denise Lynn Activism, black radical tradition, Black women, Resistance

Many Americans were appalled to watch the Donald Trump inspired coup attempt against Congress. That Trump instigated his followers and

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The Interior Lives of Black Youth

January 29, 2021January 30, 2021 Joshua L. Crutchfield Activism, black intellectual history, Black women, Gender, Jim Crow, Resistance

In Coming of Age in Jim Crow DC: Navigating the Politics of Everyday Life, Paula C. Austin, Assistant Professor of History

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