Remember that anti-Black violence has been the central dynamic of US history—and how Black women have struggled with this violence for centuries.

Christina Proenza-Coles
Christina Proenza-Coles is the author of American Founders: How People of African Descent Established Freedom in the New World (NewSouth, 2019). Her forthcoming book is “Imagining Communities in Black and White: A History of Whiteness in the New World.”