Category: United States

  • String of Pearls: Exploring the Melungeon mystery SWVa Today Wytheville, Virginia 2016-03-29 Margaret Linford, President Smyth County Genealogical Society, Marion, Virginia Judge Isaac Freeman spoke to the Smyth County Genealogical Society on Tuesday, March 22, regarding the Melungeon people. He has been intrigued by this topic for many years. His father was best friends with…

  • Rachel Dolezal 1 year later: ‘I don’t have any regrets about how I identify’ The Today Show 2016-04-12 Eun Kyung Kim Rachel Dolezal said she remains puzzled about why people have questioned her racial identity but is “ready to move on” from the controversy that made her a household name last spring. “I don’t have…

  • Lumbee Indians seek end to a century of questions about identity The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, Maryland 1993-10-12 Richard O’Mara, Staff Writer Proud people from North Carolina find a home in Baltimore Shirley Jeffrey, an East Baltimore resident, remembers the painful moment five years ago when two Sioux Indians told her that “Lumbees aren’t really Indians.”…

  • Hybrid Details: Honoring Fred Wah: with Fred Wah, Wo Chan, Mark Nowak and Jeff Derksen Asian American Writers’ Workshop 112 West 27th Street, 6th Floor New York, New York 11366 Wednesday, 2016-04-13, 19:00 EDT (Local Time) Poet Fred Wah is a living legend in Canada, but he remains woefully under-read in this country. To remedy…

  • Ashley Minner is a community based visual artist from Baltimore, Maryland. She holds a BFA in Fine Art, an MA and an MFA in Community Art, which she earned at MICA. A member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, she has been active in the Baltimore Lumbee community for many years. Her involvement in…

  • Raising mixed-race kids who feel secure in their identity NewsWorks WHYY Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2016-04-11 Lori L. Tharps, Assistant Professor of Journalism Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania I’m black American. My husband is from Spain. Before we started a family, the race of my future children never gave me cause for concern or worry. I guess I…

  • On Monday, March 21, Colgate students and faculty gathered in the Persson Auditorium to listen to Assistant Professor of History at Stanford University Allyson Hobbs, who gave a lecture about her book “A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life.”

  • Becoming Melungeon: Making an Ethnic Identity in the Appalachian South by Melissa Schrift (review) Journal of American Folklore Volume 129, Number 511, Winter 2016 pages 102-103 Jim Clark Melissa Schrift, Becoming Melungeon: Making an Ethnic Identity in the Appalachian South (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2013) In the thorough but concise introduction to her book…

  • Coiled Serpent: Poems that Protect, in New Anthology KCET Burbank, California 2016-04-01 Mike Sonksen The coiled serpent serves as a poetic totem to protect the City of Angels. Published by Tia Chucha Press Over the last five years, a number of books and anthologies have been published to spotlight literary Los Angeles and its rich…

  • Sacramento’s Mexican genealogists trace their roots to Aztec empire The Sacramento Bee Sacramento, California 2016-04-10 Stephen Magagnini Highlights Mexican Americans use Catholic Church records, other documents to map family roots Some trace family history to Aztecs, colonial Mexico Interest in Mexican family histories is growing as Latinos become biggest group in California Maria Cortez dug…