Category: Media Archive

  • The New Virginia Law To Preserve Racial Integrity Virginia Health Bulletin Virginia Department of Health Volume XVI, Extra Number 2 (March 1924) pages 1-4 Source: Pamphlet: Rockbridge County Clerk’s Correspondence, 1912–1943. Local Government Records Collection. The Library of Virginia, (Racial Integrity Act Documents) 12-1245-005 W. A. Plecker, M. D. State Registrar of Vital Statistics, Richmond,…

  • In 1898, journalist Louis J. Beck offered the reading public what he saw as a valuable case study in “heredity and racial traits and tendencies.” This case study was none other than the infamous “half-breed” criminal George Washington Appo (1856–1930), whose name was virtually a household word for New Yorkers of the time.

  • When President Obama greets African-Americans who broke barriers, he almost invariably uses the same line.

  • Reaping the Whirlwind The New York Times Opinionator: Exculive Online Commentary From The Times 2012-10-17 Linda Greenhouse, Senior Research Scholar in Law, Knight Distinguished Journalist-in-Residence, and Joseph Goldstein Lecturer in Law Yale University On reading the transcript and listening to the audio of last week’s Supreme Court argument in the University of Texas affirmative action…

  • ‘Master’ Jefferson: Defender Of Liberty, Then Slavery Fresh Air from WHYY National Public Radio 2012-10-18 Maureen Corrigan, Book Critic His public words have inspired millions, but for scholars, his private words and deeds generate confusion, discomfort, apologetic excuses. When the young Thomas Jefferson wrote, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are…

  • Thomas Jefferson advertises for a runaway slave in Williamsburg’s newspaper The Virginia Gazette Williamsburg, Virginia 1769-09-14 Source: Library of Congress: Thomas Jefferson: Creating a Virginia Republic Courtesy of the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virgiania Runaway slaves were not unknown on the Jefferson plantations. In this 1769 advertisement Thomas Jefferson, who had inherited half of his…

  • Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves Farrar, Straus and Giroux an imprint of Macmillan 2012-10-16 352 pages Hardback ISBN-10: 0374299560; ISBN-13: 978-0374299569 Henry Wiencek Is there anything new to say about Thomas Jefferson and slavery? The answer is a resounding yes. Master of the Mountain, Henry Wiencek’s eloquent, persuasive book—based on new…

  • Racializing Obama: The Enigma of Post-Black Politics and Leadership Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society Volume 11, Issue 1, 2009 pages 1-15 DOI: 10.1080/10999940902733202 Manning Marable (1950-2011), Professor of Public Affairs, Political Science, History and African-American Studies Columbia University In the 1990s, a new race-neutral, “post-black” leadership of African Americans emerged…

  • Perceived discrimination, group identification, and life satisfaction among multiracial people: A test of the rejection-identification model. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology Volume 18, Number 4 (October 2012) pages 319-328 DOI: 10.1037/a0029729 Lisa S. Giamo Department of Psychology Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Michael T. Schmitt, Associate Professor of Psychology Simon Fraser University,…

  • Event: Joe Bataan, the Afro-Filipino King of Latin Soul Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program National Museum of Natural History Baird Auditorium 10th & Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20530 Friday, 2012-10-19, 18:30-21:00 EDT (Local Time) “Latin soul comes straight from the streets of Harlem. It’s a cha-cha backbeat with English lyrics and a pulsating rhythm…