Category: United States

  • William Wells Brown: An African American Life W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. October 2014 624 pages 6.6 × 9.6 in Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-393-24090-0 Ezra Greenspan, Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Professor of English Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas A groundbreaking biography of the most pioneering and accomplished African-American writer of the nineteenth century.…

  • Another layer of blackness: theorizing race, ethnicity, and identity in the U.S. black public sphere University of Iowa 2013 277 pages Patrick B. Oray A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in American Studies in the Graduate College of The University of Iowa While many studies of…

  • One Drop: Drexel professor’s new book explores what determines blackness The Philadelphia Inquirer 2013-11-26 UNLESS YOU want an earful, don’t get Drexel University professor Yaba Blay talking about colorism. She sees examples of discrimination based on skin color everywhere – from drug stores that stock skin-bleaching creams to the online chatter that erupts when photos…

  • “The Box Marked Black” is coming to Willamette University Oct. 24-25 Willamette University News Salem, Oregon 2014-10-02 What does it mean to be black? Is it the shade of your skin or the kink in your hair? Is it learned? These questions are explored in “The Box Marked Black: Tales from a Halfrican American growing…

  • Performance added for one-woman play at Willamette U. The Salem Statesman-Journal Salem, Oregon 2014-10-13 Tom Mayhall Rastrelli, Fine Arts & Culture Writer Damaris Webb will debut her one-woman play “The Box Marked Black: Tales from a Halfrican American growing up Mulatto. With sock puppets!” at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24 and 25 at M. Lee Pelton Theatre,…

  • Revisiting Middlebury’s Racial History The Middlebury Campus Middlebury College Middlebury, Vermont 2014-03-19 Conor Grant, Managing Editor Alexander Twilight Hall, a building named in honor of Alexander Twilight of the class of 1823, is just one part of the complicated legacy of America’s first black college graduate. (Courtesy/Middlebury) Alexander Twilight Hall — the austere brick building…

  • Skin tone, biracial stratification and tri-racial stratification among sperm donors Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 37,  Issue 3, 2014 (Special Issue: Race, Migration and Identity: Shifting Boundaries in the USA) pages 517-536 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2012.696666 Carol S. Walther, Assistant Professor of Sociology Northern Illinois University Conception through donor insemination is an attractive option for many couples and…

  • Professor Harris examines how whiteness, initially constructed as a form of racial identity, evolved into a form of property, historically and presently acknowledged and protected in American law. Professor Harris traces the origins of whiteness as property in the parallel systems of domination of Black and Native American peoples out of which were created racially…

  • Snap! Space presents Zun Lee Snap! Orlando 1013 E. Colonial Drive Orlando, Florida 32803 Saturday, October 25, 2014 14:00-16:00 EDT (Local Time) Join us for an afternoon artist talk and book signing with photographer Zun Lee. Zun will be joining us from Toronto and discuss his series ‘Father Figure’ and sign copies of his newly…

  • Season 2, Episode 6: Stanford Prof. Allyson Hobbs Talks about A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life The Mixed Experience 2014-10-20 Heidi Durrow, Host Allyson Hobbs, Assistant Professor of History Stanford University I was lucky enough to get an advance reading copy of A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing…