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The Trauma of Racial Violence in Frederick Douglass’s America

April 24, 2019April 22, 2019 Kay Wright Lewis #DouglassForward, black lives matter, black protest, Black women, civil rights, Frederick Douglass, police brutality, police violence, Racial Violence, racism

*This post is part of the online forum on The Futures of Frederick Douglass. The contributions in this forum each

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The ‘Baby Dolls’ of New Orleans: Gender, Race, and Self-Creation

April 19, 2019August 12, 2022 Grace D. Gipson black feminism, black protest, Black women, Gender, Resistance

“Is the unruly woman masker still relevant?” This question posed by Xavier University dean and professor Kim Vaz-Deville speaks to

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Coretta Scott King at the Democratic National Convention, New York City. Photo: Library of Congress.

Black Women’s Anti-War and Anti-Colonial Activism

April 18, 2019August 12, 2022 AAIHS Editors antiwar activism, Black Power, Black women, black women's internationalism

Conversations in Black Freedom Studies (CBFS) is a monthly discussion series held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Curated

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We Live for the We: A New Book on the Political Power of Black Motherhood

April 9, 2019August 12, 2022 J. T. Roane Activism, black feminism, black protest, Black women, Gender, motherhood, Racial Violence

This post is part of our blog series that announces the publication of selected new books in African American History

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The Women of the Committee for Unified Newark (CFUN)

April 2, 2019August 12, 2022 Ashley Farmer #NationWithinANation, Activism, black feminism, black intellectual history, black nationalism, Black Power, black protest, Black women, race

*This post is part of our online roundtable celebrating the 20-year anniversary of the publication of Komozi Woodard’s A Nation Within

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