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The History of Black Women and Violence

September 27, 2023September 14, 2023 Chinaza Okonkwo Black women, book review, domestic violence, medical racism, violence

Anti-blackness, including the violent events our society typically invokes when reflecting on racism, often centers on the violence inflicted on

Black Women, Violence, and the Territory of Global Antiblackness

September 12, 2023September 7, 2023 Shana L. Redmond #TranslatingBlackness, violence

This post is part of our online roundtable on Lorgia García Peña’s Translating Blackness. The violence is irrepressible. The names of those taken

Philadelphia’s Fight Against Gun Violence, Poverty, and Crime

August 31, 2023August 11, 2023 Menika Dirkson Philadelphia, violence

In 1969, the New York Times named Philadelphia the “gang capital” of America when the city had the highest rates

Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners

August 30, 2023August 4, 2023 Taylor Prescott book review, Jim Crow, violence

Margaret Burnham’s By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners (W.W. Norton & Company, 2022) excavates little-known accounts of violence

AAIHS Denounces White Supremacist Violence in Florida

August 29, 2023August 28, 2023 AAIHS Editors violence, white supremacy

The African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) condemns the recent white supremacist massacre perpetrated against Black Americans in Jacksonville, Florida.

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