Support Black Trans Victims of State-Sanctioned Violence By Donating to The Okra Project.
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American poet, novelist, and playwright, Paul Laurence Dunbar wrote the poem “We Wear the Mask” in the early nineteenth century. The poem is one of the earliest enunciations of Black people’s experiences navigating between multiple worlds in the U.S. Now over 100 years later, his words are eerily relevant in the face of the 2020 COVID19 pandemic. As we think about the consequences and realties of living in the COVID-19 moment, two queer Black feminist scholars reexamine their own experiences of Black life, Black death, and Black material culture feeding into our newest iteration of the mask.
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In her powerful scholarship, Francesca Sobande (she/her) explores the intersections of race, gender, feminism, and popular culture in the lives of Black women in Britain.
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A historian, activist, educator, and a founding member of the Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent (OWAAD), Stella Dadzie is a revolutionary of the Black British Feminist Movement and a trailblazer of the Black radical tradition in the United Kingdom and beyond.
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Nigerian braid artist, body painter, and educator, Nneka Gigi, explores how Black women in the United States and in Africa and in the African Diaspora are maintaining their natural hair during COVID-19.
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Check out our “Black and Asian-American Feminist Solidarities” Reading List.
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For Mother’s Day, Black Women Radicals’ Executive Director, Jaimee Swift, interviews her mother, Aretha Swift, an advocate and chronic kidney disease survivor on life, faith, and resilience.
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Writer Doriana Diaz shares her perspectives on the ways the Black community can respond to the disproportional impact of COVID-19 on our lives.
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Check out this reading list from our Zoom event, “Black Feminist Perspectives on COVID-19.”
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Check out this reading list from our Instagram Live event, “Black, Books, and the Quest for Liberation.”
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Every first Thursday of the month, Black Women Radicals will host “Afrekete Convos”, an IG Live series that highlights and uplifts Black women, non-binary, and gender non-conforming activists, artists, and changemakers around the world. This series is in honor of and inspired by the self-described “Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet,” that was and is Audre Lorde.
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A poet, writer, and editor, Maya Marshall is an ingenious literary force to be reckoned with.
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Dynamic and determined, activist and artist Krü Maekdo (who uses fluid pronouns) is dedicated to ensuring that the activism, histories, leadership, and lives of Black lesbians are not overlooked.
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Scholar-activist and filmmaker Dr. Sharrelle Barber (she/her) attended the event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where Afro-Brazilian activist and human rights defender, Marielle Franco, spoke at hours before she was murdered. It was a night that truly would change Barber’s life and forever commit her to not only sharing Franco’s story but also to catalyzing transnational, Black feminist solidarities.
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As a pioneering poet, activist, essayist, and educator, Dr. Cheryl Clarke has and continues to center and uplift radical Black lesbian feminist literature and organizing. We honor her.
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At 15-years-old, human rights activist, poet, educator, Black Panther Party leader, and former political prisoner, Ericka Huggins (she/her) made a vow to serve humanity at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963. Now at 72, the revolutionary is still just as dedicated and committed to the vow she made 57 years ago.
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A prolific author, novelist, writer, activist, and advocate, Marita Golden is a literary genius whose words and work continue to inspire across generations.
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Afro-Brazilian filmmaker, activist, and producer, Éthel Oliveira is on a mission to ensure that the life of the late Marielle Franco and the resistance and resiliency of Black people in Brazil are documented.
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An activist, advocate, and abolitionist, Janetta Louise Johnson’s (she/her) leadership, testimony, and radical compassion and perseverance is an inspiration to the many people that know her and admire her from afar.
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As militantes afro-brasileiras LGBTQ + estão revolucionando a política em Salvador, Bahia, Brasil. Você precisa saber seus nomes.
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