Reference no: EM134010560
Assignment:
Discuss what you have learned from the Short Op-Eds and videos and why they are important in our Africana historical and contemporary moment. In other words, what are the experiences of Africana girls, women, transwomen, and Africana lgbtq folks across time and space and why should be care? How have folks resisted these experiences?
Short Op-Eds:
Blain, Keisha. "A Short History of Black Women and Police Violence," Association of Black Women Historians Blog (2020)
ACLU, "The Legal System Has Failed Black Girls, Women, and Non-Binary Survivors of Violence" (2019)
Alicia Garza. "A Herstory of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement," Feminist Wire (2014)
Roberts, Dorothy. "Reproductive Justice, Not Just Rights," Dissent (2015)
VIDEOS:
Democracy Now. "Overturning Roe: Slavery, Abortion, Maternal Mortality and the Disparate Effect on Women of Color"
Democracy Now. "A National State of Emergency: Human Rights Campaign Sounds theAlarm over Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws in U.S." (June 7, 2023)