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Black Women, West Indian Networks, and US immigration

January 10, 2022January 9, 2022 Menika Dirkson black intellectual history, Black women, literature

“I was numb, but it was from not knowing just what this new life would hold for me.” —Jamaica Kincaid, Lucy

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Excavating Black Queer Thought: A Pride Bibliography (Part III)

June 14, 2021June 13, 2021 Emerald Rutledge African Diaspora, Black Queer Identity, Black Queers, blackness, Gender, LGBT, literature, poetry, race, sexuality

In honor of Pride Month 2021, I wanted to extend the list of texts from the bibliography offered last year,

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Black Lesbian Thought: An Interview with Briona Simone Jones

April 19, 2021April 19, 2021 Emerald Rutledge African Diaspora, black feminism, Black Queer Identity, Black Queers, Black women, Gender, Historical Memory, LGBT, literature, race, Resistance, sexuality

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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The Art of Black Letter-Writing: A Conversation with Daphne Muse

March 26, 2021April 18, 2021 Joshua Clark Davis Activism, Civil Rights Movement, education, literature, South, teaching

More people should know Daphne Muse. Born and raised in Washington, DC, Muse grew up with a curiosity for the

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The Life and Legacy of Nellie Y. McKay: An Interview with Shanna G. Benjamin

January 21, 2021January 20, 2021 Tyler Parry black feminism, Black women, black women scholars, Gender, Literary studies, literature, race

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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