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Features

The Combahee River Collective and Intersectionality in the Age of Identity

Written by Jess Womack. The Combahee River Collective grew out of disillusionments with “mainstream” feminism. Founded in the early 1980s by Black queer women, the Collective developed an “intersectional” approach to political activism.

by Retrospect Journal 18/10/2020 0

Academic

The Road to Brown and Little Rock: Beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States

Written by Jack Bennett. We often pinpoint moments in the Civil Rights Movement which led to massive change, but what came before? A look at events in the 1930s and 40s upon which the Civil Rights Movement was built.

by Retrospect Journal 11/10/2020 0

Reviews

Review: Slavery at Sea, Sowande’ Mustakeem

Written by Jamie Gemmell. Slavery at Sea: Terror, Sex, and Sickness in the Middle Passage by Sowande’ Mustakeem recounts the diverse experiences of slavery at sea. This is a text that goes to the bloody heart of the Middle Passage.

by Retrospect Journal 26/09/2020 0

Features Interviews

From Proposal to Published: Writing Histories of Atlantic Slavery

Retrospect’s Welcome Week interview with Dr. Sowande’ Mustakeem on her 2016 monograph, Slavery at Sea.