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Slavery and Disability in Antebellum America

May 4, 2023May 3, 2023 Christopher D. E. Willoughby antebellum, book review, disability, Gender, slavery

In 1794, U.S. inventor Eli Whitney patented a new type of cotton gin that could remove seeds from short staple

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The Intersections of Blackness and Disability

August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 Moya Bailey black feminism, Black film, disability

I’m listening to jazz as I write this review. This was an intentional decision as I felt Therí Alyce Pickens’s

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Disability: What Have Black People Got to Do with It?

April 22, 2020May 16, 2020 Angel Love Miles #Blackness&Disability, Black women, blackness, disability, Disability Studies, intersectionality, race

*This piece is part of the Blackness, Disability, & Gender Identity Series organized by Vilissa Thompson. “What comes first for

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Triple Cripples: On Blackness, Sexuality, Disability, and Autonomy

March 17, 2020March 16, 2020 Jumoke "Jay" Abdullahi and Kym Oliver #Blackness&Disability, Activism, black politics, Black women, disability, health, race

*This piece is part of the Blackness, Disability, & Gender Identity Series organized by Vilissa Thompson. The Macro — with Kym

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Black Madness :: Mad Blackness — An Author’s Response

March 12, 2020March 12, 2020 Therí A. Pickens #BlackMadness, black feminism, Black Studies, disability, Disability Studies, Literary studies, literature, race

*This post is part of our online roundtable on Therí A. Pickens’s Black Madness :: Mad Blackness I was surprised

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