Month: November 2015

  • Martha S. Jones – “The Children of Loving v. Virginia“ Organization of American Historians September 2015 An OAH Lecture by Martha S. Jones, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor at the University of Michigan This lecture was presented as part of the Created Equal initiative at Franklin College in Franklin, Indiana, in September 2015. Recorded by the…

  • Once unknown, story of WWII Latino Tuskegee Airman uncovered Fox News Latino 2015-11-20 Bryan Llenas, National Correspondent Among the legendary Tuskegee Airmen, America’s first African-American military air squadron which heroically fought in World War II, was a little known about Hispanic pilot named Esteban Hotesse. Born in Moca, Dominican Republic, but a New Yorker since…

  • Correcting the conversation about race OUPblog: Oxford University Press’s Academic Insights for the Thinking World 2015-11-20 Carlos Hoyt On 6 November 2015, the New York Times featured a poignant five-minute documentary called “A Conversation About Growing Up Black,” produced by Joe Brewster and Perri Peltz. Brewster and Peltz present Rakesh, Miles, Malek, Marvin, Shaquille, Bisa,…

  • When You’re Biracial, There’s No ‘Choice’ in the Matter of Your Blackness The Root 2015-11-19 Charles D. Ellison, Contributing Editor It’s safe to wager that when well-meaning black actor Taye Diggs took a recent dip into controversy over his biracial son’s identity, there was no less than white former Mrs. Taye Diggs putting on the…

  • Taye Diggs, Embrace Blackness In Mixed Families: They’re Not Mutually Exclusive Global Grind 2015-10-18 Jada Gomez, Managing Editor Taye Diggs is set to release a second children’s book, Mixed Me, to teach young biracial children how to embrace their multicultural, multi-hued identities. But before it hits shelves, it needs a few edits… from a multiracial…

  • “Generation Mix:” Is All This Talk of “Multiracialism” An Advance? i MiX WHAT i LiKE The Real News 2015-11-12 Jared A. Ball, Host/Producer and Associate Professor of Communication Studies Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland Artist, activist and creator of the multimedia comic book (H)afrocentric Juliana “Jules” Smith and Dr. Rainier Spencer, author of Reproducing Race: The…

  • “Evoking the Mulatto” Screening + Panel Discussion The National Black Programming Consortium 2015-11-19 Tune in Thursday, November 19, 2015 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM ET for a back-to-back screening of all four episodes from “Evoking the Mulatto,” a transmedia project about 21st-century mixed black identity. A discussion will follow with Judy Pryor-Ramirez, director of…

  • Mixed-race descendant of Nazi murderer tells of life San Diego Jewish World 2015-11-18 David Strom, Professor Emeritus of Education San Diego State University, San Diego, California My Grandfather Would have Shot Me [Amon: Mein Großvater hätte mich erschossen], by Jennifer Teege and Nikola Sellmair. The Experiment, Pub. 2015, 221pp SAN DIEGO — At the age…

  • Interview with Filmmaker Adu Lalouschek Rooted In Magazine 2015-10-13 Annina Chirade Adu Lalouschek is a 21-year-old filmmaker from London and recent graduate of the London College of Communication [University of the Arts]. Whilst studying Film and Television at University, Adu met fellow course mate Alex Wondergem, “I first remember meeting Alex when he was drumming…

  • At Last …?: Michelle Obama, Beyoncé, Race & History Dædalus Winter 2011, Volume 140, Number 1 Posted Online 2011-03-09 pages 131-141 DOI: 10.1162/DAED_a_00065 Farah J. Griffin, William B. Ransford Professor of English and Comparative Literature and African-American Studies Columbia University In this essay, Griffin brings to the fore two extraordinary black women of our age:…