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Ashley Farmer
Ashley D. Farmer is a historian of black women’s history, intellectual history, and radical politics. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Departments of History and African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Her book, Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era, is the first comprehensive study of black women’s intellectual production and activism in the Black Power era. Dr. Farmer’s scholarship has appeared in numerous scholarly venue Her research has also been featured in several popular outlets including Vibe, CSPAN, and NPR.