How many references to suffragists have you seen in the news lately? In April, the US Treasury announced that five […]
Emotion and Fantasy: Marcus Garvey and a Blueprint for Modern Protest Movements
Here’s a trivia question: what was the largest African American organization in history? Hint: It wasn’t the NAACP, not SNCC […]
The Black Panthers’ and Tom Hayden’s Lessons to the White Left in an Age of Trump
I often receive inquiries from white and non-black folks about how they can get involved in anti-racist organizing, especially after […]
More Than Sponges: Children’s Letters to Presidents and “Go Back to Africa”
Standing Rock. #BlackLivesMatter. Periods for Pence. Women’s March on Washington. Political demonstrations have dominated the headlines this year. With the […]
Tales of Transnational White Privilege: Gender, Race, and Nationality on the Streets of Rio de Janeiro
It’s old news by now that on August 14, 2016, American swimmers Ryan Lochte, James Feigen, Gunar Bentz, and Jack […]
A Day at the Smithsonian: Black History Takes Its Place on the National Mall
[gblockquote source=”Ida B. Wells”]The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.[/gblockquote] Like many historians, […]
Strange Pain, Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Womb: A Teacher’s Reflection on Bodies in History
[gblockquote source=’Bettina Judd, patient.‘]HOW TO MEASURE PAIN I In the woman it is a checklist: Can you imagine anything worse […]
Revisiting Loving v. Virginia (1967): A Review of Loving (2016)
In June 1958, Mildred Jeter and Richard Perry Loving married in the District of Columbia. The couple then returned to […]
Rosie the Riveter for President: Margaret Wright, the People’s Party, and Black Feminism
“I’ve been discriminated against because I am a woman, because I am black, because I am poor, because I am […]
Speak Up or Shut Up: The Legend of Barbara Jordan
Nearing the blessed close of what has been an absurd Presidential election cycle, one thing is clear: Barbara Jordan would […]
