A review of "Killing the Black Body" by Dorothy E. Roberts, a good book to discuss intersectionality as it touches on both race and reproductive rights.
Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/killing-the-black-body-book-review.
If you're interested in learning about the noted author who penned the classic book, "Ain't I Woman" about intersectional racism as well as 30 other titles, then my bell hooks Black History Fact profile is for you.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/bell-hooks.
Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/black-and-missing-movie-review.
If you're interested in learning about a woman who established facilities to provide classes and programs for her local community (Locust Street Settlement) as well as a residential rehabilitation facility for girls and young women (Virginia Industrial Home School for Colored Girls), then my Janie Porter Barrett Black History Fact profile is for you.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/janie-porter-barrett.
Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/the-bluest-eye-book-review.
If you're interested in learning about the chemist who developed "The Ball Method" which was a highly effective treatment for leprosy, then my Alice Black History Fact profile is for you.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/alice-ball.
A discussion of “Claudine”, a 1974 film starring Diahann Carroll and James Earl Jones as Claudine and Rupert (aka Roop), two people living imperfect lives who meet and begin dating.
Show notes are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/claudine-movie-review.
If you're interested in learning about the first Black woman to obtain a Ph.D. in psychology, then my Inez Beverly Prosser Black History Fact profile is for you.
Show notes and sources are available at http://noirehistoir.com/blog/inez-beverly-prosser.