Black history

This thesis is a history of the Boston Black United Front’s (BBUF) activities combatting the growing carceral state in Massachusetts in the late 1960s and early 1970s.The BBUF was an “umbrella” organization within Boston’s Black community during the Black Power era and was parti…

This dissertation examine the sharp rise of black theatre companies during the Black Power

This project explores the nature of formal theological education as it relates to Pentecostal Blackwomen in the United States. Parker Palmer’s tragic gap is used to re-member home as a space to embody an integrated identity, which encompasses the various intersections of Black w…

The mid-twentieth century marked a critical turning point in the history of race and American nursing. The political strategies traditionally employed by Black Americans for racial advancement and health improvement, particularly self-help and racial solidarity, gave way to new …

When confronted by the priest and the Levites about his authority to preach and baptize, John the Baptist replied in the words of the Old Testament prophet Isaiah “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness.” (John 1:23). Likewise, throughout the annals of history, the b…