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Brunson's study of over 75 years of complex change . . . does its intellectual work from a distinct and critical vantage. . . . Her work innovatively centers racial analysis by locating the Afro-descended women contributing to political discourse across a range of mediums and carefully piecing together their contributions. -Hispanic American Historical Review What distinguishes this study of race and gender in early Republican Cuba is its nuanced focus on how Black male veterans, elite white women's civic clubs, and women of African descent shaped different citizenship practices in the public sphere. -Choice In putting together this compelling story, Brunson undertook research in archives in Cuba and the United States. . . . Brunson builds on the work of Latin American and Cuban history as well as Black feminist scholarship to center Black women as critical protagonists in the struggle for Black rights and freedom. -New Books Network

Brunson's study of over 75 years of complex change . . . does its intellectual work from a distinct and critical vantage. . . . Her work innovatively centers racial analysis by locating the Afro-descended women contributing to political discourse across a range of mediums and carefully piecing together their contributions. --Hispanic American Historical Review What distinguishes this study of race and gender in early Republican Cuba is its nuanced focus on how Black male veterans, elite white women's civic clubs, and women of African descent shaped different citizenship practices in the public sphere. --Choice In putting together this compelling story, Brunson undertook research in archives in Cuba and the United States. . . . Brunson builds on the work of Latin American and Cuban history as well as Black feminist scholarship to center Black women as critical protagonists in the struggle for Black rights and freedom. --New Books Network

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Takkara K. Brunson is assistant professor of Africana studies at California State University, Fresno.

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