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The Troubled History of Medical Harm to Black Women

In 1805, a Black woman known in the historical record as Pleasant, took a deep breath and pushed her son

should not shock me that I am become my mother I mean I touch my belly button & there I

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

For Black women, pregnancy presents a multiplying set of vulnerabilities which illuminate the intersectional frames of race, gender, and class

Although it has been months since the controversy over Dana Schutz’s painting, “Open Casket,” which depicted Emmett Till’s mutilated face