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“Invaders”: Black Ladies of the ILGWU and the Emergence of the Early Civil Rights Movement in New York City

“Invaders”: Black Ladies of the ILGWU and the Emergence of the Early Civil Rights Movement in New York City

“Invaders”: Black Ladies of the ILGWU and the Emergence of the Early Civil Rights Movement in New York City

By Janette Gayle

Business & Labor, Gender & SexualityGuest UserOctober 19, 2016Comment

Witnessing "The Witness"

Witnessing "The Witness"

Witnessing "The Witness"

By Marcia M. Gallo

Crime & Policing, Gender & SexualityGuest UserSeptember 29, 2016Comment

Shirley Chisholm’s Brooklyn: Building a Multiracial Coalition in a Divisive Time

Shirley Chisholm’s Brooklyn: Building a Multiracial Coalition in a Divisive Time

Shirley Chisholm’s Brooklyn: Building a Multiracial Coalition in a Divisive Time

By Jason Sokol

Brooklyn, Politics, Race & Ethnicity, Gender & SexualityGuest UserSeptember 13, 2016Comment

Sensibility and the Road: The Journal of Madame Knight and the Cultural Refinement of Eighteenth-Century New York

Sensibility and the Road: The Journal of Madame Knight and the Cultural Refinement of Eighteenth-Century New York

Sensibility and the Road: The Journal of Madame Knight and the Cultural Refinement of Eighteenth-Century New York

By Melissa Antonucci

British Era, Gender & Sexuality, TransportationGuest UserMay 18, 2016Comment

Beating Wings in Rebellion: The Ladies Literary Society Finds Equality

Beating Wings in Rebellion: The Ladies Literary Society Finds Equality

Beating Wings in Rebellion: The Ladies Literary Society Finds Equality

By Jerry Mikorenda

Race & Ethnicity, Gender & SexualityGuest UserApril 7, 2016Comment

“To be the first woman, and the first Negro, to serve in the Mayor’s Cabinet..."

“To be the first woman, and the first Negro, to serve in the Mayor’s Cabinet..."

“To be the first woman, and the first Negro, to serve in the Mayor’s Cabinet..."

By Jennifer Scanlon

Gender & Sexuality, Race & Ethnicity, Politics, ExcerptsGuest UserMarch 3, 2016Comment

Until There is Justice: Anna Arnold Hedgeman Returns to NYC

Until There is Justice: Anna Arnold Hedgeman Returns to NYC

Until There is Justice: Anna Arnold Hedgeman Returns to NYC

By Jennifer Scanlon

Race & Ethnicity, Gender & Sexuality, PoliticsGuest UserMarch 1, 2016Comment

The Notorious "31 Women" Art Show of 1943

The Notorious "31 Women" Art Show of 1943

The Notorious "31 Women" Art Show of 1943

By Marjorie Heins

Arts & Culture, Gender & SexualityGuest UserFebruary 23, 2016Comment

"The majority of people dying of AIDS were people of color": AIDS Activism & Rising Inequality

"The majority of people dying of AIDS were people of color": AIDS Activism & Rising Inequality

"The majority of people dying of AIDS were people of color": AIDS Activism & Rising Inequality

By Tamar W. Carroll

Excerpts, Gender & Sexuality, Medicine & Public HealthGuest UserFebruary 16, 2016Comment

“All of That is What Feminism is to Me”: Building a Multiracial, Working-Class Women’s Organization in 1970s Brooklyn

“All of That is What Feminism is to Me”: Building a Multiracial, Working-Class Women’s Organization in 1970s Brooklyn

“All of That is What Feminism is to Me”: Building a Multiracial, Working-Class Women’s Organization in 1970s Brooklyn

By Tamar W. Carroll

Gender & Sexuality, Race & Ethnicity, PoliticsGuest UserJanuary 26, 2016Comment