Category: History

  • Throughout the twentieth century, the post-revolutionary Mexican State had used mestizaje as a symbol of national unity and social integration. By the end of the millennium, however, Mexico had gone from a PRI-dominated, economically protectionist nation to a more democratic, economically globalizing one.

  • One Drop of Love: A Multimedia Solo Performance on Racial Identity by Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni at James R. Fitzgerald Theater James R. Fitzgerald Theater Cambridge Rindge & Latin School 459 Broadway Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 Friday, 2013-08-30, 19:30 EDT (Local Time) Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni, Playwright, Producer, Actress, Educator Jillian Pagan, Director Produced by: Ben Affleck, Matt…

  • “Squaw Men,” “Half-Breeds,” and Amalgamators: Late Nineteenth-Century Anglo-American Attitudes Toward Indian-White Race-Mixing American Indian Culture and Research Journal Volume 15, Number 3 (1991) David D. Smits, Professor of History The College of New Jersey Indian-white biological amalgamation, whether in or out of wedlock, is a subject well calculated to evoke spirited conceptions and feelings; certainly,…

  • This groundbreaking book is at once a general history and a celebration of Tejanas’ contributions to Texas over three centuries

  • A Black Confederate General That We Can All Embrace? Civil War Memory: Reflections of a High School History Teacher & Civil War Historian 2011-03-17 Kevin M. Levin, Instructor of American History Gann Academy, Waltham, Massachusetts I trust that after this post no one will accuse me of dismissing any and all evidence for the existence…

  • Belle: Toronto Review The Hollywood Reporter 2013-09-12 John DeFore The true story of a mixed-race child raised by British aristocrats is lightly fictionalized by Amma Asante. TORONTO — Hoping to use some Jane Austen-style courtship anxiety to lend drama to an episode in 18th-century English history that is novel enough on its own, Amma Asante’s…

  • One of the Family: Métis Culture in Nineteenth-Century Northwestern Saskatchewan by Brenda Macdougall (review) Canadian Ethnic Studies Volume 44, Number 3, 2012 pages 147-148 DOI: 10.1353/ces.2013.0012 Frits Pannekoek, President and Professor of History Athabasca University, Athabasca, Alberta, Canada Brenda Macdougall, One of the Family: Metis Culture in Nineteenth-Century Northwestern Saskatchewan (Vancouver: University of British Columbia…

  • Interracial Family Memoirs: Reconstructing Genealogies across the Color Line Yale University 230 Prospect Street Room 101 New Haven, Connecticut 06511 2013-09-16, 12:00-13:15 EDT (Local Time) Cedric Essi, Ph.D. Candidate in American Studies University of Erlangen-Nürnberg During the last two decades numerous autobiographical works have emerged which explore family histories in black and white, such as…

  • Pulitzer-Winning Poet Dove Gives Rall Cultural Lecture nih record Volume LVX, Number 8 (2013-04-12) Carla Garnett Any ‘Discovery…a Little Bit of Poetry’ A mixed-race violin prodigy, a self-proclaimed “African prince” and Beethoven (yes, the Beethoven). That unlikely trio provides much of the fascinating storyline in poet Rita Dove’s latest book, Sonata Mulattica. The Pulitzer-winning former…

  • Belle [World Premiere] Toronto International Film Festival 2013 TIFF Bell Lightbox Reitman Square 350 King Street West Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2013-09-05 through 2013-09-15 Film Information: Directed by Amma Asante 2013 105 minutes Gugu Mbatha-Raw takes the title role alongside Tom Wilkinson, Miranda Richardson, Emily Watson and Canada’s Sarah Gadon in the true story of Dido…