Category: History

  • Miscegenation and competing definitions of race in twentieth-century Louisiana Journal of Southern History Volume 71, Number 3 (August, 2005) pages 621-659 Michelle Brattain, Associate Professor of History Georgia State University MARCUS BRUCE CHRISTIAN, AN AUTHOR AND PROFESSOR AT DILLARD University, observed in the mid-nineteen-fifties that while New Orleans might be known for “gumbo, jambalaya, lagniappe,…

  • All Things Being Equal: The Promise of Affirmative Efforts to Eradicate Color-Coded Inequality in the United States and Brazil National Black Law Journal Volume 21, Number 3 (2009) 41 pages Tanya M. Washington, Associate Professor of Law Georgia State University The contrasted contexts of the United States and Brazil provide an intellectually fascinating framework for…

  • Julianne Jennings: The mixed blood of Indians explained The Providence Journal Providence, Rhode Island 2009-01-30 Julianne Jennings Willmantic, Connecticut EUROPEAN EXPLORERS discovered a land inhabited by an agricultural people who grew corn, beans and squash and who had a sophisticated system of government that, some would argue, would later be adopted by the United States.…

  • Black and White: The Relevance of Race-Unfinished Business The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi chapter at Agusta State University Activities for Fall 2001 2001-10-05 5 pages Christopher Murphy Department of History and Anthropology Augusta State University, Augusta, Georgia Several centuries ago, as Europeans first explored the distant, unknown reaches of the globe, it became…

  • Why Do We Consider Obama to Be Black? New America Media Commentary 2008-10-25 Ronald Takaki (1939-2009), Emeritus Professor of Ethnic Studies University of California, Berkeley A historical look at the the persistence of the “one drop” rule. Editor’s Note: Historian and scholar Ronald Takaki uncovers the origins of the “one drop” rule that was key…

  • Remembering Mildred Loving, Unsung Hero of the Civil Rights Movement Counterpunch 2008-05-09 Mark A. Huddle, Associate Professor of History Georgia College and State University Fighting “Anti-Miscegenation” Laws On May 2, Mildred Loving died from complications of pneumonia at the age of 68.  The unassuming Mrs. Loving would have scoffed at the notion that she was…

  • Greg Carter to be Featured Guest on Mixed Chicks Chat Mixed Chicks Chat (The only live weekly show about being racially and culturally mixed. Also, founders of the Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival) Hosted by Fanshen Cox and Heidi W. Durrow Website: TalkShoe™ (Keywords: Mixed Chicks) Episode: #191-Greg Carter When: Wednesday, 2011-02-02, 22:00Z (17:00…

  • ‘Land of our Mothers’: Home, Identity, and Nationality for Anglo-Indians in British India, 1919–1947 History Workshop Journal Volume 54, Issue 1 pages 49-72 DOI: 10.1093/hwj/54.1.49 Alison Blunt, Professor of Geography Queen Mary, University of London This paper explores the symbolic and material intersections of home, identity and nationality for Anglo-Indians (previously known as ‘Eurasians’) in…

  • The Planter’s Fictions: Identity, Intimacy, and the Negotiations of Power in Colonial Jamaica University of Victoria, Canada 2010 127 pages Meleisa Ono-George A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of Art In the Department of History By the latter quarter of the eighteenth century, as the movement against…

  • The Devil and the One Drop Rule: Racial Categories, African Americans and the U.S. Census Michigan Law Review Volume 95, Number 5 (March 1997) pages 1161-1265 Christine B. Hickman, Associate Professor of Law California Western School of Law Table of Contents Introduction I. Treatment of Mixed-Race People: The Early Legal Record A. The First African…