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"Erotic Revolutionaries": Black Women, Sexuality and Popular Culture

Ebony Utley, Ms. Blog. January 2, 2011.

A new book "Erotic Revolutionaries" revolutionizes the politics of black female respectability and sexuality.

'Nightline' Asks Why Black Women 'Can't Get a Man'

Melissa Harris-Lacewell and Courtney Young, The Nation. April 26, 2010.

Imagine "Nightline" assembling a panel of entertainers to discuss the economy, the war, or any other news issue. When the topic is black women, it's a different story.

Why the New Breast Cancer Guidelines Are Racist

Devona Walker, The Loop. November 23, 2009.

Black women get breast cancer at younger ages, but the new breast-cancer guidelines entirely ignore that fact. This is the very definition of institutionalized racism.

What Black Women's Votes Mean for the Presidential Race

Elizabeth G. Hines, Women's Media Center. January 26, 2008.

This year, South Carolina has made black women matter. It has made us real.