Black Women and Colonial Fantasies in Nineteenth-Century France
Robin Mitchell’s preface to Vénus Noire: Black Women and Colonial Fantasies in Nineteenth-Century France is extremely moving. She begins with
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Black women
The Life and Legacy of Nellie Y. McKay: An Interview with Shanna G. Benjamin
In today’s post, Tyler D. Parry, the senior editor of Black Perspectives and Vice President of AAIHS, interviews Shanna G.
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University of Texas’s Racial Geography Tour: A Review
In the process of reconciling the history of institutional racism, colleges and universities have turned to race-cognizant tours to acknowledge
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Women’s Experiences during the American Civil War
In the winter of 1863 and 1864, with the Civil War entering its third year, two women living in Southeastern
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“Report from the Bahamas”: The Legacies of Colonialism and White Supremacy
*This post is part of our series on Black Ecologies edited by Justin Hosbey, Leah Kaplan, & J.T. Roane. Thirty-eight years
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