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  • A 400 Year Old History of Tri-Racial People: In Real Life Mixed Race Radio 2013-01-16, 17:00Z (12:00 EST) Tiffany Rae Reid, Host Marvin T. Jones, Executive Director Chowan Discovery Group Marvin T. Jones is the Executive Director of the Chowan Discovery Group (CDG).  The mission of the CDG is to research, document, preserve and present…

  • New Orleans and the African Diaspora American Historical Association From the Suppliment to the 127th Annual Meeting 2012-12-23 Laura Rosanne Adderley, Associate Professor of History Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana Many people conceptualize the study of the “African diaspora” as focused on black experience beyond or separate from “African American” experience in the United States.…

  • Black in America: It’s not just about the color of your skin In America: You define America. What defines you? Cable News Network 2012-12-15 Moni Basu (CNN) – What is black? Race. Culture. Consciousness. History. Heritage.   A shade darker than brown? The opposite of white?   Who is black? In America, being black has…

  • ‘Searching for Zion’: Emily Raboteau’s Hunt for the Promised Land The Daily Beast 2013-01-13 Mindy Farabee A writer set out around the world to find the mythical ‘promised land’ of the African diaspora. Emily Raboteau speaks about the Jewish search for the same, African-American tourism to Ghana, and Barack Obama’s ties to this search. Mention…

  • A decade in the making, Emily Raboteau’s “Searching for Zion” takes readers around the world on an unexpected adventure of faith. Both one woman’s quest for a place to call “home” and an investigation into a people’s search for the Promised Land, this landmark work of creative nonfiction is a trenchant inquiry into contemporary and…

  • The Evolution of Mixed-Race Historiography and Theory: Inaugural Sawyer Seminar University of Southern California, Univeristy Park Campus Doheny Memorial Library (DML) East Asian Seminar Room (110C) Friday, 2013-01-18, 14:00-17:00 PST (Local Time) Presented by the Center for Japanese Religions and Culture’s “Critical Mixed-Race Studies: A Transpacific Approach” Andrew W. Mellon Foundation John E. Sawyer Seminars…

  • You Have No Right: Jane Webb’s Story Out of the Box: Notes for the Archives @ Library of Virginia Virginia Memory: Library of Virginia 2012-11-14 Greg Crawford, Local Records Coordinator The colonial era Northampton County court records tell a fascinating story of a woman named Jane Webb. Born of a white mother, she was a…

  • The End of Race History? Not Yet Center for Genetics and Society 2012-12-14 Osagie K. Obasogie, Associate Professor of Law University of California, Hastings Have we gone beyond race? Many argue society has now overcome centuries of strife to become “post-racial”—a moment that law professor Sumi Cho of DePaul University in Chicago refers to as…

  • Hernández is the first author to thoroughly consider the role of customary law in erecting and sustaining racial hierarchies

  • Census Race Change For Hispanics Sparks Criticism The Huffington Post 2013-01-09 Tony Castro Some Latino civil rights groups are questioning the U.S. Census consideration of designating Hispanics a race of their own, fearing the loss of national original designations. The change, making “Hispanic” a racial instead of an ethnic category, would eliminate the check-off boxes…