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  • A conversation with Victoria E. Bynum, author of The Long Shadow of the Civil War: Southern Dissent and Its Legacies

    A conversation with Victoria E. Bynum, author of The Long Shadow of the Civil War: Southern Dissent and Its Legacies University of North Carolina Press April 2010 Victoria E. Bynum, author of The Long Shadow of the Civil War: Southern Dissent and Its Legacies, discusses three Unionist strongholds in the South, Q: There seems no…

  • Husband And Wife Duo Paved The Way For Blacks In Diplomacy [Interview with Adele Logan Alexander]

    Husband And Wife Duo Paved The Way For Blacks In Diplomacy [Interview with Adele Logan Alexander] Tell Me More National Public Radio 2010-02-10 Michel Martin, Host of Tell Me More with Adele Logan Alexander, Professor of History George Washington University Tell Me More continues its Black History Month series with a conversation with Adele Logan…

  • Natasha Trethewey Reads at ECU

    Natasha Trethewey Reads at ECU The Common Reader Newsletter of the ECU Department of English Eastern Carolina University Volume 26, Number 6: May 2008 Lisa DeVries On April 2, Natasha Trethewey visited East Carolina University for a public reading and book signing organized by fellow poet and friend John Hoppenthaler.  She won the Pulitizer Prize…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Melissa Harris-Lacewell

    Faculty Spotlight: Melissa Harris-Lacewell CAAS News Center for African American Studies Princeton University Spring 2008 Newsletter Pages 6-7 Dara-Lyn Shrager Melissa Harris-Lacewell smiles broadly when asked about Senator Barack Obama’s run for the democratic nomination for President. She is clearly a fan of both the man and his campaign.  As a former Chicagoan, who lived…

  • Princeton Professor tweets about her views on mixed-race identity (Interview with Melissa Harris-Lacewell)

    Princeton Professor tweets about  her views on mixed-race identity (Interview with Melissa Harris-Lacewell) Mixed Child: The Pulse of the Mixed Community 2009-07-29 Jeff Eddings MSNBC contributor, Princeton University’s Associate Professor of Politics & African American Studies and author of Barbershops, Bibles, and BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought Melissa Harris-Lacewell had a frank  discussion…

  • Bradley Lincoln of Multiple Heritage Project (mix-d™) Guest on Mixed Chicks Chat

    Bradley Lincoln of  Multiple Heritage Project (mix-d™) Guest on Mixed Chicks Chat Mixed Chicks Chat (The only live weekly show about being racially and culturally mixed.  Also, founders of the Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival) Website: TalkShoe™ (Keywords: Mixed Chicks) Episode: #138 – Bradley Lincoln When: Wednesday, 2010-01-27 00:00Z Bradley Lincoln, Founder Multiple Heritage Project…

  • Q&A With Researchers: Associate Professor Manying Ip

    Q&A With Researchers: Associate Professor Manying Ip asia:nz online Asia New Zealand Foundation Associate Professor Manying Ip Asia:NZ Trustee; Associate Professor of Chinese, School of Asian Studies, University of Auckland Manying Ip came to New Zealand in 1974 from Hong Kong where her family lived for five generations. With her strong classical Chinese education at…

  • An interview with Henry Wiencek: Slaves and Slavery in George Washington’s World

    An interview with Henry Wiencek: Slaves and Slavery in George Washington’s World Common-Place: Common Reading Volume 6, Number 4 July 2006 William Costin (c. 1780-1842), the Washingtons’ mixed-race grandson/nephew. He was the son of Ann Dandridge, enslaved half sister of Martha Washington, and Jacky Custis, Martha’s son. Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and…

  • Author Dr. Bonnie M. Davis Guest on Mixed Chicks Chat

    Author Dr. Bonnie M. Davis Guest on Mixed Chicks Chat Mixed Chicks Chat (The only live weekly show about being racially and culturally mixed.  Also, founders of the Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival) Website: TalkShoe™ (Keywords: Mixed Chicks) Episode: #135 – Bonnie M. Davis, Ph.D. When: Wednesday, 2010-01-06, 22:00Z Bonnie M. Davis, Ph.D., Author…

  • A New Look at an Old Notion: Lawrence Hirchfeld Discusses Race in Society

    A New Look at an Old Notion: Lawrence Hirchfeld Discusses Race in Society Michigan Today University of Michigan June 1996 John Woodford Talk of race is everywhere and incessant in America, the din of discourse emanating from all ranks and stations, all age groups, all creeds, all parts of the political spectrum and all manner…