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Tag Archives: African American Women
Q&A With Tyrone McKinley Freeman, Author of Madam C. J. Walker’s Gospel of Giving
in African American Studies, american history, gender studies, Q&A, women's history
Tagged African American business, African American history, African American Women, gender studies
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Author of Madam C.J. Walker’s Gospel of Giving: Black Women’s Philanthropy During Jim Crow, Tyrone McKinley Freeman, answers questions about his inspirations, motivations and what he wants readers to know about his book. Q: Why did you decide to write … Continue reading
Get a Free Ebook of To Turn The Whole World Over
in African American Studies, all things digital, black studies, eBooks, women's history
Tagged African American Women, eBooks, international affairs, women and gender studies
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September’s free e-book is here! We’re giving away To Turn The Whole World Over: Black Women and Internationalism edited by Keisha N. Blain and Tiffany M. Gill with contributions by Nicole Anae, Keisha N. Blain, Brandon R. Byrd, Stephanie Beck … Continue reading
Backlist Bop: Only Pam Grier can save us
in African American Studies, feminist studies, film, women
Tagged African American Women, movies
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This lively study unpacks the intersecting racial, sexual, and gender politics underlying the representations of racialized bodies, masculinities, and femininities in early 1970s black action films, with particular focus on the representation of black femininity. Stephane Dunn explores the typical, … Continue reading
Return of the Word Warrior
in African American Studies, american history, biography
Tagged African American Women, Ida B. Wells, Progressive Age, radio, Richard Dunham
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This past Sunday, Washington, D.C. radio station WAMU-FM went into the vaults to find a classic 1949 radio documentary on Ida B. Wells. Part of the classic Destination Freedom series, the Wells doc was penned by Richard Durham, the subject of … Continue reading
Release Party: Black Girlhood in the Nineteenth Century
in African American Studies, literary studies, women's history
Tagged African American literature, African American Women, excerpts, Nazera Sadiq Wright, women writers
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From the new UIP release Black Girlhood in the Nineteenth Century, by Nazera Sadiq Wright. African American educator and activist Fannie Barrier Williams highlighted what could happen when black girls in literature served merely to illustrate the problems associated with race … Continue reading
Throwbacklist Thursday: Sounds of Joy
in biography, music
Tagged African American Women, gospel music, Music in American Life
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The UIP catalog includes an immense store of knowledge about American music. We don’t publish blog posts on Sunday morning, so we’re taking this beautiful Thursday to point the way to some offerings on sacred music–the practitioners, history, and theory, … Continue reading
Throwbacklist Thursday
in black studies, dance, film, music
Tagged African American Women, art, dance, film, music, Throwbackist Thursday
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From Beyoncé to Shonda Rhimes to Laverne Cox, African American women have a higher profile up and down our pop culture than at any time in the past. Of course, the past was not exactly rife with opportunity for women … Continue reading