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Month: December 2012

  • “Miscegenation” at the North.

    “Miscegenation” at the North. The Southern Banner, Athens, Georgia 1864-04-20 Page 4, column 2 Source: Athens Historic Newspapers Archive (Digital Library of Georgia as part of Georgia HomePLACE) “Miscegenation“—the new term for amalgamation, is the last and newest phase of abolitionism at the North—openly and unblushtngly avowed, and preached even from the pulpit. The New…

  • Miscegenation

    Miscegenation Banner-Watchman, Athens, Georgia 1884-02-26 page 2, column 1 Source: Athens Historic Newspapers Archive (Digital Library of Georgia as part of Georgia HomePLACE) The New York World, in a recent article upon the marriage of Fred Douglass [to Helen Pits], has this to say upon the subject of miscegenation: “What offense does a lady commit…

  • U-M’s Understanding Race Project examines issues at heart of the human experience, advances national conversation on race

    U-M’s Understanding Race Project examines issues at heart of the human experience, advances national conversation on race University of Michigan News Release 2012-12-19 Contacts: Frank Provenzano, (734) 647-4411 Maryanne George, (734) 615-6514 Deborah Greene, (734) 763-4008 Twitter hashtags: #UnderstandRace, #UMtheme   ANN ARBOR—Few subjects provoke as strong a visceral response as the topic of race.…

  • In ‘Red Pyramid,’ Kid Heroes Take On Ancient Egypt

    In ‘Red Pyramid,’ Kid Heroes Take On Ancient Egypt Backseat Bookclub All Things Considered National Public Radio 2012-12-19 Melissa Block, Host Robert Siegel, Senior Host If there was a recipe for the best-selling writer Rick Riordan, it would go something like this — start with a love of storytelling, fold in more than a decade…

  • Commentary: Black Is…

    Commentary: Black Is… Black Entertainment Television (BET) 2012-12-17 James Braxton Peterson, Director of Africana Studies; Associate Professor of English Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Black in America explores what it means to be Black. CNN’s Black in America series has become something of a welcome crucible for the Black community these last four years — especially…

  • Pete Souza’s Portrait of a Presidency

    Pete Souza’s Portrait of a Presidency Time LightBox Time Magazine 2012-10-08 Phil Bicker, Senior Photo Editor Pete Souza/The White House The long view of history tends to be the judge of a presidency. As President Obama embarks on a second term in the Oval Office, it may still be too early to draw conclusions about…

  • 2012 Person of the Year: Barack Obama, the President

    2012 Person of the Year: Barack Obama, the President Time Magazine 2012-12-19 Michael Scherer Photograph by Nadav Kander Twenty-seven years after driving from New York City to Chicago in a $2,000 Honda Civic for a job that probably wouldn’t amount to much, Barack Obama, in better shape but with grayer hair, stood in the presidential…

  • The Black Middle: Africans, Mayas, and Spaniards in Colonial Yucatán (review)

    The Black Middle: Africans, Mayas, and Spaniards in Colonial Yucatán (review) Enterprise & Society Volume 13, Number 4, December 2012 pages 932-934 Jeremy Baskes, Professor of History Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio Visitors to modern day Yucatán encounter a region rich in indigenous culture; guidebooks extol the grandeur of ancient Maya kingdoms whose ruins still…

  • Marriages Across Racial, Ethnic Lines on the Rise, Study Says

    Marriages Across Racial, Ethnic Lines on the Rise, Study Says Education Week 2012-02-16 Lesli A. Maxwell, Education Reporter As the number of couples marrying across racial and ethnic lines continues to grow in the United States, public attitudes toward intermarriage are also becoming more accepting, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center.…

  • Identity in “Passing”

    Identity in “Passing” Allison Tetreault, Journalist and Student November 2011 Allison Tetreault Nella Larsen’s Passing destabilizes the traditional conception of ethnic, racial, and gender integrity, revolutionizing the very idea of an accepted definition of identity. By developing unstable characters, Larsen conveys how easy it is to lose one’s sense of self. Clare Kendry, who breaks…