Mixed Race Studies

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

Month: February 2022

Judge Jane Bolin

2022-02-01

Judge Jane Bolin Historical Society of the New York Courts 2018-02-21 David L. Goodwin, Appellate Public Defender New York, New York Dear Jane, You’re one of the reasons the courts for children are a greater hope than some people say. You’re one of the dedicated ones.1 Born and raised in Poughkeepsie, but with a career…
‘Once We Were Slaves’ examines fluidity of race through a Jewish lens

2022-02-01

‘Once We Were Slaves’ examines fluidity of race through a Jewish lens Forward 2022-01-28 TaRessa Stovall Courtesy of Laura Arnold Leibman Have you heard the story of the Jewish mother and children who were born enslaved in the Caribbean and became some of the wealthiest Jews in New York? Professor Laura Arnold Leibman was researching…
What happened to the British children born to black GIs?

2022-02-01

What happened to the British children born to black GIs? BBC News 2022-01-29 Eldridge says he would have loved to have met his father MARTIN GILES/BBC Eighty years ago, US soldiers began arriving in the UK to help in the fight against Hitler’s Nazi Germany. In a small sleepy village in Suffolk, life was about…