Barbara Bullock's "Ubiquitous Presence": Embodying the Women of "They Carried Us"
“While Bullock renders her figures in black after the 1990s, she often incorporates other colors within their visage to signal that they...
THEY CARRIED US
The Social Impact of Philadelphia's Black Women Leaders
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Baker-Rogers and Traylor
- Sep 21, 2020
- 4 min
Black Women and Politics: Setting the Record Straight
When Philadelphian Gertrude E.H. Bustill (chapter 5, They Carried Us) published The Work of the Afro-American Woman in 1894, [1] she did...
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Baker-Rogers and Traylor
- Aug 29, 2020
- 4 min
The Work of the Afro-American Woman
When Philadelphian Gertrude E.H. Bustill (chapter 5, They Carried Us) published The Work of the Afro-American Woman in 1894, [1] she did...
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Baker-Rogers and Traylor
- Jul 13, 2020
- 4 min
No More Being Left on Our Own: Help is Here
Pediatric surgeon Ala Stanford waited and waited for someone to enlist her in the fight to combat the worst pandemic in more than 100...
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Baker-Rogers and Traylor
- Jun 11, 2020
- 4 min
How far have we not come?: Racism and the lived experiences of black women athletes.
Recently, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and U.S. Olympic Hall of Famers Dawn Staley and Lisa Leslie separately published...
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Baker-Rogers and Traylor
- May 11, 2020
- 2 min
Carrying
“Carrying” has many connotations. It was not until we began the research that led to this book that we grasped the significance of the...
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Baker-Rogers and Traylor
- May 11, 2020
- 1 min
How we arrived here
Welcome to our blog. Almost six years have passed since we first began our work on They Carried Us. During that time, we conducted...
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