Ada Wright, the Scottsboro Defense Campaign, and the Popular Front
In the midst of the Great Depression in 1931, nine Black teenage boys were falsely convicted of allegedly raping two
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Black women
Black Power and Anti-Carceral State Infrastructure
In 1991, Black radical activist Safiya Bukhari spoke to an audience and reflected on her decision to join the Harlem
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An Interview with Curator Kelli Morgan
In today’s post, Julia Wallace Bernier, a regular contributor to Black Perspectives, interviews Dr. Kelli Morgan,
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Consumerism and Curation: Sarah Tate’s Resistance
On June 19, 1865, Sarah Tate was living about 160 miles west of Galveston, Texas, on the homestead of James
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Black Lesbian Thought: An Interview with Briona Simone Jones
In today’s post, Emerald Rutledge, an associate editor of Black Perspectives, interviews Briona Simone Jones on her new edited collection, Mouths of
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