Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- The Routledge International Handbook of Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health
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- You were either Black or white. To claim whiteness as a mixed child was to deny and hide Blackness. Our families understood that the world we were growing into would seek to denigrate this part of us and we would need a community that was made up, always and already, of all shades of Blackness.
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Category: Women
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The remains of American-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker will be reinterred at the Pantheon monument in Paris, making the entertainer who is a World War II hero in France the first Black woman to get the country’s highest honor.
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CAP recognizes Women’s History Month with a profile of aviator and civil rights pioneer Willa Brown.
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The Washington Post talked to Terrell and Murray about what it was like to work on “The Personal Librarian” when so much of the world was falling apart.
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J.P. Morgan’s librarian hid her race. A novel imagines the toll on her. The Christian Science Monitor 2021-06-29 Heller McAlpin, Correspondent Library of Congress Belle da Costa Greene, shown in 1929, curated rare books for mogul J.P. Morgan. She was the first director of the Morgan Library. Some books leave you wondering why the author…
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A remarkable novel about J. P. Morgan’s personal librarian, Belle da Costa Greene, the Black American woman who was forced to hide her true identity and pass as white in order to leave a lasting legacy that enriched our nation, from New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict, and acclaimed author Victoria Christopher Murray.
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A luminous and inspiring portrait of a Black pioneer and artistic force—Eartha Kitt—and one of the most moving mother/daughter stories in Hollywood history.
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Acquanetta Jungle Frolics2009-10-15 Richard Beland Acquanetta was born Mildred Davenport on July 17, 1921, and, depending on your source, was of either black or American Indian origin. A few writers have claimed she was Cheyenne Indian; possibly they’re confusing this with reports of her being from Cheyenne, Wyoming, or having been born in Ozone, near…
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Study of Multiracial Women Leading in Large Organizations Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, California 2021-06-19 Michele A. Richardson (marichardson@email.fielding.edu), Doctoral Student, Human Development School of Leadership Studies This study examines how multiracial women leaders see themselves and how that self-concept might influence their approach to navigating tensions and complexity at work.