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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk with Dr. Lindsey Stewart: Mojos, Mermaids, Med
 icine, and 400 Years of Black Women’s Magic
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DESCRIPTION:Register to watch live or watch the replay: https://libraryc.o
 rg/stjohnlib/107264Feminist philosopher Dr. Lindsey Stewart’s book, The 
 Conjuring of America: Mojos, Mermaids, Medicine, and 400 Years of Black Wo
 men’s Magic, tells the stories of Negro Mammies of slavery; the Voodoo Q
 ueens and Blues Women of Reconstruction; and the Granny Midwives and texti
 le weavers of the Jim Crow era. These women, in secrecy and subterfuge, co
 urageously and devotedly continued their practices and worship for centuri
 es and passed down their traditions. Conjure informs our lives in ways re
 markable and ordinary—from traditional medicines that informed the creat
 ion of Vicks VapoRub and the rise of Aunt Jemima’s Pancake Mix, to the o
 riginal magic of Disney’s The Little Mermaid (2023), and the true origin
 s of the all-American classic blue jean.From the moment enslaved Africans 
 first arrived on these shores, conjure was heavily regulated and even outl
 awed. Now, Stewart uncovers new contours of American history, sourcing let
 ters from the enslaved, dispatches from the lore of Oshun and other Africa
 n mystics. The Conjuring of America is a love letter to the real magic Bla
 ck women used, their herbs, food, textiles, song, and dance, used to sow r
 ebellion, freedom, and hope.Join us to take part in the magic and celebrat
 e the legacy of America’s founding Black women. Register for free today!
 About the Author: Lindsey Stewart is a Black feminist philosopher and an A
 ssociate Professor of philosophy at the University of Memphis. She is the 
 author of The Politics of Black Joy. Her work has been featured in Blavity
 , Signs, Hypatia, and the British Journal for the History of Philosophy, a
 nd she holds a 2021 Michael Beaney Prize. She lives in Memphis, Tennessee.
  
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 dsey-stewart-mojos-mermaids-medicine-and-400-years-black-womens
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