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  • The Monticello Mystery-Case Continued

    The Monticello Mystery-Case Continued William and Mary Quarterly Volume LVIII, Number 4 (October 2001) Reviews of Books Alexander O. Boulton, Professor of History Stevenson University (formerly Villa Julie College) The Jefferson-Hemings Myth: An American Travesty. Edited by Eyler Robert Coates, Sr. (Charlottesville, Va.: Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society, 2001. Pp. 207.) A President in the Family:…

  • Suspect Relations: Sex, Race, and Resistance in Colonial North Carolina (Review)

    Suspect Relations: Sex, Race, and Resistance in Colonial North Carolina (Review) William and Mary Quarterly Volume LX, Number 1 (January 2003) Reviews of Books Richard Godbeer, Professor of History University of Miami Suspect Relations: Sex, Race, and Resistance in Colonial North Carolina. By Kirsten Fischer. (Ithaca, N. Y.: Cornell University Press, 2002. Pp. xiv, 265.)…

  • I’m Color-blind But What Are You, Anyway?

    I’m Color-blind But What Are You, Anyway? Electronic Journal of Sociology (2007) ISSN: 1198 3655 Kathleen Korgen, Professor of Sociology William Paterson University Eileen O’Brien, Assistant Professor of Sociology Christopher Newport University Using primary data from interviews conducted with 1) close black-white friends and 2) biracial Americans, we examine the relationship between the traditional fixation…

  • Fathers of Conscience: Mixed-Race Inheritance in the Antebellum South (Book Review)

    Fathers of Conscience: Mixed-Race Inheritance in the Antebellum South (Book Review) Civil War Book Review Louisiana State University Special Collections Kelly Kennington, 2009-2010 Law & Society Postdoctoral Fellow Institute for Legal Studies University of Wisconsin Law School Jones, Bernie D. Fathers of Conscience: Mixed-Race Inheritance in the Antebellum South, University of Georgia Press. 216 pages.…

  • Jean Toomer and Cane: “Mixed-Blood” Impossibilities

    Jean Toomer and Cane: “Mixed-Blood” Impossibilities Arizona Quarterly: A Journal of American Literature, Culture, and Theory Volume 64, Number 4, Winter 2008 E-ISSN: 1558-9595, Print ISSN: 0004-1610 DOI: 10.1353/arq.0.0025 Gino Michael Pellegrini, Adjunct Assistant Professor of English Pierce College, Woodland Hills, California Even though Jean Toomer was black and white, his fascination with miscegenation in…

  • Tiger Woods Is Not the End of History: or, Why Sex across the Color Line Won’t Save Us All

    Tiger Woods Is Not the End of History: or, Why Sex across the Color Line Won’t Save Us All The American Historical Review Volume 108, Number 5 December 2003 Henry Yu, Professor of History University of California, Los Angeles In December 1996, several months after Tiger Woods left Stanford University to become a professional golfer,…

  • Meet the New Faculty: Jennifer Brody

    Meet the New Faculty: Jennifer Brody Duke Today The Duke Community’s Daily News and Information Resource Duke University 2008-10-22 Andrea Fereshteh Exploring the intersection of race, gender and art Durham, North Carolina — From a very early age, Jennifer Brody was curious about the intersection of art, gender and race. She recalls a time as…

  • Skin Deep: How Race and Complexion Matter in the “Color-Blind” Era

    Skin Deep: How Race and Complexion Matter in the “Color-Blind” Era Univerisity of Illinois Press October 2003 256 pages Dimensions: 6 x 9 in.  Illustrations: 11 Line Drawings, 11 Tables Paper ISBN: 978-1-929011-26-1 Edited by: Cedric Herring, Professor of Sociology Univeristy of Illinois, Chicago Verna M. Keith, Professor of Socilology Florida State University Hayward Derrick…

  • History 270: Topics In American History – Mixed Race Identity in American Culture

    History 270: Topics In American History – Mixed Race Identity in American Culture Spring 2010 Greg Carter, Assistant Professor of History University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Through most of the United States’ history, laws have been in place to prevent interracial intimacy and the production of mixed-race offspring, and the Tragic Mulatto figure, victim of confusion…

  • The Amerasian Problem: Blood, Duty, and Race

    The Amerasian Problem: Blood, Duty, and Race International Relations Volume 21, Number 1 (March 2007) pages 86-102 DOI: 10.1177/0047117807073769 Sue-Je Lee Gage, Assistant Professor of Anthropology Ithaca University The concept of ‘mixed blood’ is not a new one; however, it was not until 1982 that an unprecedented policy entitled ‘The Amerasian Act’ was created by…