Day: October 12, 2013

  • The Correspondence Between Interracial Births and Multiple-Race Reporting American Journal of Public Health Volume 92, Number 12 (December 2002) pages 1976–1981 Jennifer D. Parker, PhD Office of Analysis, Epidemiology, and Health Promotion National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland Jennifer H. Madans, PhD, OD Co-Deputy Director / OD Associate Director for Science / OPBL Associate…

  • Interracial births in Baltimore, 1950-1964 Public Health Reports Volume 81, Number 11 (November 1966) pages 967-971 Sidney M. Norton, Director of the Bureau of Vital Records Baltimore City Health Department, Baltimore, Maryland Also Assistant, Department of Chronic Diseases School of Hygiene and Public Health Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland During the course of routine, periodic…

  • Interracial marriages in Maryland Public Health Reports Volume 85, Number 8 (August 1970) pages 739-747 Sidney M. Norton, Director of the Bureau of Vital Records Baltimore City Health Department, Baltimore, Maryland Also Lecturer, Department of Chronic Diseases School of Hygiene and Public Health Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland A Statistical Report Nullification of all miscegenation…

  • Unraveling the Concept of Race in Brazil: Issues for the Rio de Janeiro Cooperative Agreement Site Journal of Psychoactive Drugs Volume 30,  Issue 3, 1998  Special Issue: HIV/AIDS Interventions For Out-of-Treatment Drug Users pages 255-260 DOI: 10.1080/02791072.1998.10399700 Hilary L. Surratt The Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies University of Delaware James A. Inciardi (1939-2009), Co-Director…

  • When Ethnic Ambiguity Becomes a Privilege SunDryed Affairs 2011-06-08 Wendell Hassan Marsh Taking a look at recent box office results, it is the ethnically ambiguous star and ambiguously ethnic films that appear to be making bank. Ambiguity reaches around and hugs the color line while supporting the weight of overlapping identities. It’s not a question…

  • Racial Identity and the Shadow of Jim Crow in the Black Community (1)ne Drop Project 2013-10-07 Kimberly Bernita Ross Michigan State University My grandmother Bernice was born in New Orleans in 1918 to a Black mother and a White father at a time when interracial marriage was illegal. Her mother, Roseanna, a maid in a…

  • Tell Me a Story: Genomics vs. Indigenous Origin Narratives GeneWatch Council for Responsible Genetics Volume 26, Number 4, Religion & Genetics (Aug-Oct 2013) pages 11-13 Kim TallBear, Associate Professor of Anthropology University of Texas, Austin On April 13, 2005 the Indigenous Peoples’ Council on Biocolonialism issued a press release opposing the Genographic Project, which aimed…

  • New recognition for first black U.S. doctor with medical degree American Medical News 2010-11-08 Kevin B. O’Reilly Dr. James McCune Smith’s descendants unveiled a new headstone in a ceremony to commemorate his achievements as a physician, essayist and abolitionist. The New York City burial site of the nation’s first black medical degree-holder received a new…

  • Diverse Millennial Students in College: Implications for Faculty and Student Affairs ed. by Fred Bonner II, Aretha F. Marbley, and Mary F. Howard-Hamilton (review) The Review of Higher Education Volume 37, Number 1, Fall 2013 pages 122-124 DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2013.0074 John A. Mueller Scott E. Miller Bonner II, Fred A., Aretha F. Marbley, and Mary F.…

  • “Lines of the Nation” radically recasts the history of the Indian railways, which have long been regarded as vectors of modernity and economic prosperity. From the design of carriages to the architecture of stations, employment hierarchies, and the construction of employee housing, Laura Bear explores the new public spaces and social relationships created by the…