Category: United States

  • New recognition for first black U.S. doctor with medical degree American Medical News 2010-11-08 Kevin B. O’Reilly Dr. James McCune Smith’s descendants unveiled a new headstone in a ceremony to commemorate his achievements as a physician, essayist and abolitionist. The New York City burial site of the nation’s first black medical degree-holder received a new…

  • Diverse Millennial Students in College: Implications for Faculty and Student Affairs ed. by Fred Bonner II, Aretha F. Marbley, and Mary F. Howard-Hamilton (review) The Review of Higher Education Volume 37, Number 1, Fall 2013 pages 122-124 DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2013.0074 John A. Mueller Scott E. Miller Bonner II, Fred A., Aretha F. Marbley, and Mary F.…

  • Review: The United States of the United Races: A Utopian History of Racial Mixing The College Dropout: Book blog and occasional wisdom on paleo, making money, and life 2013-10-10 Charles Franklin The United States of the United Races: A Utopian History of Racial Mixing by Greg Carter My rating: 4 of 5 stars Pros: Historical…

  • What’s History Got to Do with It? Evolving Classifications of Race Brooklyn Historical Society Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations Othmer Library Saturday, 2014-01-25, 15:00-18:00 EST (Local Time) Part Three of the reading series Quantifying Bloodlines How did historical distinctions emerge, such as: mulatto, quadroon, octoroon, creole, 1/16th Native American…? What is the one-drop rule? Why do…

  • What’s Purity Got to Do with It? Searching Family History and Genealogy Brooklyn Historical Society Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations Othmer Library Saturday, 2013-12-07, 15:00-18:00 EST (Local Time) Part Two of the reading series Quantifying Bloodlines How do stories help us to understand the ways in which we dissect lineage? Bring in your own family tree,…

  • Black Seminoles and The Underground Railroad AC Bilbrew Library 150 E. El Segundo Blvd. Los Angeles, California 90061 310-538-3350 Saturday, 2013-11-23, 14:30 PST (Local Time) Phil Wilkes Fixico Celebrate Native American Heritage Month by exploring the history of free Blacks and fugitive slaves who escaped to Florida between the 1600s and 1800s, forging alliances with…

  • The Rise and Demise of the Gens De Couleur Libre Artists in Antebellum New Orleans University of Florida 2012 173 pages Karen Burt Coker A THESIS PRESENTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS The gens de couleur libres of…

  • The Chinese in Mexico: No Longer a Forgotten History Mixed Race Radio Blog Talk Radio 2013-10-09, 21:00Z (17:00 EDT) Tiffany Rae Reid, Host Robert Chao Romero, Associate Professor of Chicana/o Studies and Asian American Studies University of California, Los Angeles On Today’s episode of Mixed Race Radio we will meet Professor Robert Chao Romero. With…

  • One Drop of Love: Finding the Love in the One-drop Rule through Documentary Storytelling and Performance California State University, Los Angeles May 2013 84 pages Fanshen DiGiovanni A Project Report Presented to The Faculties of the Departments of Television, Film & Media Studies, and Music, Theatre & Dance In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for…

  • Deconstructing the Mixed-Race Experience of Passing California State University, San Marcos May 2006 172 pages Victoria Baldo Segall A Thesis Submitted for Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Literature and Writing Studies In “Beauty and the Beast: On Racial Ambiguity” Carla Bradshaw describes passing as an attempt to…