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Meghan Markle’s Choice of Independence and Self-Respect Reflects Legacies of African-American Women’s Resistance

When I saw photos of Queen Elizabeth II wearing a headscarf and a bewildered, vaguely hostile expression in the wake of the bombshell departure of the Duchess and Duke of Sussex, my first thought was: They didn’t know who they were messing with. Most coverage of Meghan Markle’s and Prince Harry’s decision to step back…

By

Kali Gross

Published

January 19, 2020

Kali Gross is Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of History at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. Her new book with Daina R. Berry, A Black Women’s History of the United States, releases Feb. 4, 2020.

Meghan Markle’s Choice of Independence and Self-Respect Reflects Legacies of African-American Women’s Resistance