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Ashley D. Farmer

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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
Fighting School Segregation Didn't Take Place Just in the South

In the 1950s, Harlem mother Mae Mallory fought a school system that she saw as 'just as Jim Crow' as the one she had attended in the South.

by Ashley D. Farmer via The Conversation on February 10, 2021
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The Black Woman Who Launched The Modern Fight For Reparations

Her grass-roots efforts shaped the conversation and presented a path forward.

by Ashley D. Farmer via Made By History on June 24, 2019
The Big Picture: Black Women Activists and the FBI

For more than a century, the American government has surveilled and harassed activists from marginalized communities.

by Ashley D. Farmer via Public Books on November 21, 2017
The Long History of Black Women's Exclusion in Historic Marches in Washington

Despite their large role in civil rights activism, black women have frequently been excluded from prominent positions in protests.

by Ashley D. Farmer via Black Perspectives on October 4, 2017
SNCC and White Liberal Participation in Anti-Racist Movements

In 1966, Atlanta Project members wrote a paper on the future of white liberals in the civil rights movement.

by Ashley D. Farmer via Black Perspectives on September 12, 2017

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Daisy Bates speaking at the March on Washington.

How Might the Civil Rights Movement Looked Different With Women at the Forefront?

Why women civil rights organizers marginalized at this event, and how that affects our collective memory of the struggle.

via Here & Now on August 23, 2023

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Ashley D. Farmer

Bylines

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

Fighting School Segregation Didn't Take Place Just in the South

The Black Woman Who Launched The Modern Fight For Reparations

The Big Picture: Black Women Activists and the FBI

The Long History of Black Women's Exclusion in Historic Marches in Washington

SNCC and White Liberal Participation in Anti-Racist Movements

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