Historicizing Black Women’s Intellectual Traditions in Cuba
The Race and Ethnic Studies Institute (RESI) invites you to attend our upcoming colloquia on Wednesday, February 8 at 12 PM CDT in Rudder Tower 707, featuring Dr. Takkara Brunson. Associate Professor of History at Texas A&M University. Brunson’s research focuses on the political and cultural traditions of the African Diaspora, with emphasis on how […]
The Race and Ethnic Studies Institute (RESI) invites you to attend our upcoming colloquia on Wednesday, February 8 at 12 PM CDT in Rudder Tower 707, featuring Dr. Takkara Brunson. Associate Professor of History at Texas A&M University. Brunson’s research focuses on the political and cultural traditions of the African Diaspora, with emphasis on how Black women have shaped Latin American and Caribbean societies after slave abolition.
This talk examines Black women’s strategies for achieving citizenship between slave abolition (1886) and the 1959 Cuban Revolution. Drawing on their political speeches and published writings, it argues that women of African descent played an integral role in shaping public debates. Black women activists moved between movements for racial equality, women’s rights, and labor reform as they sought socio-political inclusion. They, in turn, prompted members of each movement to expand their platforms to recognize the particular concerns of African-descended women and their families. Their evolving approaches demonstrate the formation of a tradition of theorizing the limits of Cuban democracy for achieving socio-political inclusion.
Join us in person and get to learn more about Dr. Brunson’s research on Wednesday, February 8 at 12 PM. Registration is now open! Use this link to register: https://tamu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_00sgHAu2BERz1nE