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Tanisha C. Ford

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Behind and Beyond Biography: Writing Black Women’s Lives and Thoughts

Ashley D. Farmer and Tanisha C. Ford explain the importance of biographical writing of African American women and the personal connection involved.

by Ashley D. Farmer, Tanisha C. Ford via Black Perspectives on May 31, 2022
The Experience That Taught Me Blackface and Klan Hoods Are Forms of Racial Terror

A childhood lesson in the backseat of a 1973 Mustang.

by Tanisha C. Ford via Tanisha C. Ford on February 6, 2019

Our Secret Society: Mollie Moon and the Glamour, Money, and Power Behind the Civil Rights Movement

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Greenwood District, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Class, Race, and the Formation of Urban Black Communities

A review of three new studies about how race and class intersect.

by Randal Maurice Jelks via The Common Reader on February 21, 2024

Rihanna Reveals the Story Behind her Latest Collection’s Imagery

How the 1960s Black Is Beautiful movement inspired her latest Fenty fashion collection.

by Sarah Mower via Vogue on May 29, 2019

Photo of pop singer Erykah Badu, a black woman wearing a headwrap, singing into microphone.

The Radical History of the Headwrap

Born into slavery, then reclaimed by black women, the headwrap is now a celebrated expression of style and identity.

by Khanya Mtshali via Timeline on May 10, 2018

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