Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- You were either Black or white. To claim whiteness as a mixed child was to deny and hide Blackness. Our families understood that the world we were growing into would seek to denigrate this part of us and we would need a community that was made up, always and already, of all shades of Blackness.
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Photoworks is delighted to host the work of acclaimed photojournalist and historian, Marvin Tupper Jones, in the exhibition, “Building a Mixed Race Community.” The show will be on display from February 9th – March 31st.
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C.S. Brown Auditorium needs restoration work and a new video production has come to its aid. We hope this effort will help raise the resources needed for the restoration.
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The history covered in this exhibit spans from 1851 to 1973 and takes the viewer from the antebellum time through the Civil War, Reconstruction, Jim Crow and the modern Civil Rights eras. It tells stories about over 30 people along with photographs and text.
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This book explores the life and contributions of groundbreaking attorney, Elreta Melton Alexander Ralston (1919-98). In 1945 Alexander became the first African American woman to graduate from Columbia Law School.
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Descendant of Alex Manly talks about modern impact of 1898 Massacre WECT News 6 Wilmington, North Carolina 2021-11-10 Mara McJilton, Multimedia Journalist Alex Manly was the owner of The Daily Record newspaper in 1898 when it was burned down by white supremacists WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) –Alex Manly was the owner of The Daily Record newspaper…
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Abraham Galloway is the Black figure from the Civil War you should know about All Things Considered National Public Radio 2022-02-08 Elizabeth Blair, Senior Producer/Reporter, Arts Desk Engraved portrait of Abraham Galloway from William Still’s The Underground Railroad, published in 1872. William Still’s ‘The Underground Railroad,’ 1872 He has been compared to James Bond and…
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The Fire of Freedom: Abraham Galloway and the Slaves’ Civil War University of North Carolina Press September 2012 352 pages 17 halftones, 4 maps, notes, bibl., index 6.125 x 9.25 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4696-2190-6 eBook ISBN: 978-0-8078-3812-9 David S. Cecelski AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS 2012 North Caroliniana Book Award, The North Caroliniana Society Ragan Old North State…
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Unsung hero: As a pioneering attorney and judge, Elreta Alexander-Ralston left indelible mark on civil rights, criminal justice reform The News & Record Greensboro, North Carolina 2021-12-19 Nancy McLaughlin Historian and UNCG professor Virginia Summey’s biography of Elreta Melton Alexander-Ralston goes back to the history-making judge’s childhood, including her years at Dudley High School and…
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Beyond Slavery’s Shadow: Free People of Color in the South University of North Carolina Press October 2021 76 pages 6.125 x 9.25 14 halftones, notes, bibl., index Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4696-6439-2 Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4696-6438-5 Warren Eugene Milteer Jr., Assistant Professor of History University of North Carolina, Greensboro On the eve of the Civil War, most people…