Tag: Martha S. Jones

  • Faculty Panel: Multiracialism Informing Academic Work University of Michigan Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery (Room 100) 913 S University Ave Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 2015-10-26, 16:00-18:00 CDT (Local Time) Series: What Does it Mean to be Multiracial in a Monoracial World? Join us for the first in a year-long series of events that explore what it…

  • An Intellectual History of Black Women Katharine Cornell Theater 54 Spring Street Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts 02568 Sunday, 2015-08-02, 19:00-20:30 EDT (Local Time) Moderator: Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Victor S. Thomas Professor of History and of African and African American Studies Harvard University Discussants: Farah J. Griffin, William B. Ransford Professor of English and Comparative Literature and…

  • On The Cherokee Rose, Historical Fiction, and Silences in the Archives Process: a blog for american history 2015-05-26 Martha S. Jones, Arthur F Thurnau Professor, Associate Professor of History and Afroamerican and African Studies University of Michigan Martha S. Jones Martha S. Jones is the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor at the University of Michigan on…

  • Checking Boxes: A close look at mixed-race identity and the law Macomb County Leagal News Mt. Clemens, Michgan 2015-02-05 Jenny Whalen, ‎Web Communications Specialist School of Law University of Michigan Professor Martha S. Jones has long struggled with the idea of checking more than one box. Her reluctance to do so has been influenced by…

  • The Children of Loving v. Virginia: Living at the Intersection of Law and Mixed-Race Identity Martin Luther King Jr. Day Special Lecture University of Michigan 2015-01-19 Martha S. Jones, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Associate Professor of History University of Michigan University of Michigan Law School Prof. Martha S. Jones, who codirects the Program in Race,…

  • Impolite Conversations is a fascinating collection of essay that captures a set of exchanges between journalist Cora Daniels and cultural anthropologist John L. Jackson, Jr.

  • Female Slaves and the Law C-SPAN: Created by Cable Lectures in History 2014-10-21 Martha S. Jones, Arthur F Thurnau Professor, Associate Professor of History and Afroamerican and African Studies University of Michigan Professor Martha Jones talked about the mid-19th century court case of Celia, a female slave who killed her master after repeated sexual assaults. Topics…

  • Who Here Is A Negro? Michigan Quarterly Review Volume 53, Issue 1 (Winter 2014) Martha S. Jones, Arthur F Thurnau Professor, Associate Professor of History and Afroamerican and African Studies University of Michigan Last fall I made a migration south. The promise of a year’s sabbatical and an escape from the demands of teaching and…

  • Opinion: Supreme Court ruling upholds America’s mixed view Cable News Network (CNN) 2014-04-24 Martha S. Jones, Arthur F Thurnau Professor, Associate Professor of History and Afroamerican and African Studies University of Michigan (CNN) — I didn’t expect to find the specter of the mixed-race person making an appearance in Tuesday’s Supreme Court decision that upheld…

  • When it Comes to Diversity, Who Counts? The Huffington Post The Blog 2014-03-26 Martha S. Jones, Arthur F Thurnau Professor, Associate Professor of History and Afroamerican and African Studies University of Michigan When talking diversity at colleges and universities, the numbers count. Still, when it comes to mixed-race students, too often they do not count…