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Beyond Respectability: A New Book on Black Female Public Intellectuals

May 30, 2017June 2, 2017 Ibram X. Kendi black intellectual history, Black women, Gender, review of black women's intellectual history

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

Florence Price, 1941. Photo: Arkansas Educational Television Network.

The Life and Music of Florence Price: An Interview with Rae Linda Brown

May 15, 2017May 17, 2017 Ashleigh Gordon Black women, music, racism

In today’s post, Ashleigh Gordon, a world-renowned, award-winning violist and New England Conservatory alumna (Castle of Our Skins, Callithumpian Consort,

Representations of Black Women in Cuba

May 4, 2017May 6, 2017 Devyn Spence Benson Afro-Cubans, Black women, Caribbean, Cuba, Latin America

With the continued box office success of the Fate of the Furious, we are once again returning to the idea

Idris Elba and John Ridley on the set of Guerrilla. Photo: IMDB.

To Be (Politically) Black and British

May 3, 2017May 6, 2017 Nicole Jackson Activism, black politics, Black women, Blacks in Britain, Politics, television

At a recent preview screening for the first episode of Guerrilla, a joint SKY Atlantic/Showtime production, members of the audience

Shonda Rhimes. Photo: James White / Simon & Schuster via NPR.

Respectability Politics and Shonda Rhimes, a Black Woman Showrunner

April 28, 2017May 1, 2017 Ralina Joseph #politicsofrespectability, Black women, television

This post is part of our online roundtable on Black Women and the Politics of Respectability. Black women’s visibility on