Erica Armstrong Dunbar

May 8, 2024 | press.jhu.edu | Maria Montalvo |Stephanie Jones-Rogers |Erica Armstrong Dunbar

Back to Results Preorder Share this Title: Slavery, Law, and the Production of the Past Binding Type Explores the relationship between the production of enslaved property and the production of the past in the antebellum United States. It is extraordinarily difficult for historians to reconstruct the lives of individual enslaved people. Records—where they exist—are often fragmentary, biased, or untrue. In Enslaved Archives, Maria R.

Feb 1, 2024 | boredteachers.com | Erica Armstrong Dunbar |Laban Carrick Hill |Bryan Collier |Claire Hartfeld

The current Black Lives Matter movement is the latest in a centuries-long struggle against slavery, then oppression, hatred, and systemic racism for black Americans. Here is a collection of books for all ages about the historic struggle of Black people. There are Black history books on this list about black people fighting for equal rights during the revolutionary war and the civil war, during the Jim Crow Era, and post-segregation.

Jul 20, 2023 | thenation.com | Riley Roliff |Michael Massing |Gregg Gonsalves |Erica Armstrong Dunbar

When a male inmate slid a note under Jessica Hicklin’s prison cell saying that she was his property, Hicklin decided to take matters into her own hands. As a trans woman in a maximum-security Missouri state prison for men, Hicklin was all too familiar with the neglect of prison staff. In order to defend herself, Hicklin crafted a homemade knife. When staff learned of the weapon, they pulled her aside for questioning.

Mar 14, 2023 | tryondailybulletin.com | Jen Pace Dickenson |Erica Armstrong Dunbar

Women’s History Month Published 11:52 am Tuesday, March 14, 2023 March is Women’s History Month, commemorating and encouraging the celebration of the vital role of women in American history.

Feb 5, 2023 | audiofilemagazine.com | Erica Armstrong Dunbar

Robin Miles narrates a trio of powerful narratives written by formerly enslaved Black women who lived through the Civil War and Reconstruction. The author, Erica Armstrong Dunbar, narrates an engaging introduction and afterword for each narrative. Miles and Dunbar complement each other with gripping performances that capture the ear. The narratives are fascinating performances that encapsulate what these three icons--writer Harriet Jacobs, nurse Susie King Taylor, and journalist Ida B.