A Black woman walking on a sidewalk. Photo by Ono Kosuki under Pexels license.
Black History Month was expanded in 1976 upon the historical precedence of “Negro History Week” in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson, the second Black American to receive a Ph.D. from Havard (with the first Black American being W.E.B. Du Bois). In honor of Black History Month, here are a few pieces from The Society Pages and our partners over the last year:
- Black Sociology: A Primer by Melissa C. Brown covers the history, key figures, and evolution of Black Sociology.
- The Struggle for Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Memory by Hajar Yazdiha on her new book on political misappropriations of Dr. King’s memory and legacy.
- Intensive Motherwork: Racism and Black Women’s Mothering by Mia Brantley on her recent study on the stories of Black mothers and their experiences of racism while mothering.
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- The Burdens of Mothering for Black Women by Mia Brantley on her research with mothers on their children’s experiences of anti-Black racism.
- *No more in the Shadows: Race, Family Structure, and Black Families by Deadric T. Williams and Virginia Rutter writes on family structure and race.
- Rethinking the Rooney Rule: The NFL’s Commitment to Failing Black Coaches by Nadia Jackson-Fitch on the NFL’s diversity rule for interviewing and hiring coaches.
- Black Interim Head Coaches in the NFL by Marissa Kiss, Earl Smith, and Angela J. Hattery on racism and the hiring of Black NFL coaches.
- Separate, Unequal, and Denied: The Double Discrimination of Black Disabled Students by Eleanor Nickel on the effects of race and ability being discriminated against in primary and secondary schools.
- A TSP classic by Amber Powell and Caity Curry on some early Black Women’s contributions to sociology.
- And lastly another piece by Amber Powell on colorism and division among Black women.
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