Podcasts about black women historians

On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg talks to Jeanne Theoharis about her new book, "King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life of Struggle Outside the South," in which Theoharis argues that King's time in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago—outside Dixie—was at the heart of his campaign for racial justice. Jeanne Theoharis is the author or co-author of thirteen books on the civil rights and Black Power movements and the contemporary politics of race in the US. Her biography, "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks" won a 2014 NAACP Image Award & the Letitia Woods Brown Award from the Association of Black Women Historians. Order a signed copy directly from Pilsen Community Books: https://www.pilsencommunitybooks.com/item/yHYLazfoaGjjMRbzFV1DYw More The post MLK Jr.'s Life of Struggle Outside the South w/ Jeanne Theoharis appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

'Twas the week before Christmas, and you still haven't done your holiday shopping yet. But hold your reindeer! We've got a special bonus episode featuring Christine Platt, author of the Afrominimalist guide to Living with Less.  This is a must-listen for those who wish to tackle overconsumption and inspire their students to embrace a more minimilast and intentional lifestyle! ABOUT CHRISTINE PLATT A multi-genre author and advocate for representation and inclusion, Christine Platt has carved a unique path in literature, lifestyle, and wellness. Also known as the Afrominimalist, Christine's work centers on honoring Black voices and experiences—past, present, and future. She holds a B.A. in Africana Studies from the University of South Florida, M.A. in African and African American Studies from The Ohio State University, and J.D. from Stetson University College of Law.  Christine's literary works include the influential adult titles 'The Afrominimalist's Guide to Living With Less' and 'Rebecca, Not Becky', and the beloved children's series that teaches kids about media literacy, 'Frankie & Friends'. Her multifaceted career in advocacy spans working as a Senior Policy Advisor for the U.S. Department of Energy to Managing Director of American University's Antiracism Center to Director of Communications for Rihanna's nonprofit, The Clara Lionel Foundation. Christine is a member of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Association of Black Women Historians, and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. She also serves as an Ambassador for Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. Follow us at @artic.ulating on IG for more of Articulating!

In this week's Black World News, Kehinde Andrews makes plain the mirage of the Paris '24 Olympics (26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024) following his family road trip to Lille in France to watch live the (Black) Women of Team USA dominate the Japanese in basketball. He makes plain the assimilationist policy and color-blind approach of France to race; he debunks the myth of "Black" and "White" "genetic superiority" to explain their respective dominance in certain sporting and athletic activities eg Black people in track and White people in swimming. Finally, he makes plain the insidious nature of the patriotism and Diaspora wars in international sporting competitions. - In this week's official guest interview, Kehinde Andrews talks with Dr Robyn C. Spencer-Antoine about her book The Revolution Has Come: Black Power, Gender, and the Black Panther Party in Oakland and the history of women (who made up over 50% of the party), gender, and power in the party. They also discuss her second book project, To Build the World Anew: Black Liberation Politics and the Movement Against the Vietnam War in the context of Palestine, settler colonialism, and the ongoing investment and buy-in of these land grab and dispossession projects. Finally, they touch on Patricia Murphey Robinson, a Black organizer, and psychotherapist who worked with people in many movements, and Dr. Robyn's work curating the @PATarchives on Instagram to spotlight how Patricia Murphy Robinson's unprocessed home archives reframe the Black radical tradition. - Dr Robyn C. Spencer-Antoine is a History and African American Studies professor at Wayne State University (WSU), Detroit, Michigan, where they're developing the Detroit Center for Black Studies. She's a historian of the Black freedom movements, an activist, a Black feminist, a daughter of the Diaspora, and a mother.  She is co-founder of the Intersectional Black Panther Party History Project and has written widely on gender and Black power. Her writings have appeared in the Journal of Women's History and Souls as well as The Washington Post, Vibe Magazine, Colorlines, and Truthout. She has received awards for her work from the Mellon Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the Association of Black Women Historians. She is completing her second book, Vietnam Blues, on the intersections between the movement for Black liberation and the movement against the US war in Vietnam as a fellow at Harvard's Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History (CWC) in 2023-2024. In addition, she is working on two biographies: Left Traces: Patricia Robinson and the Archive of Black Women's Radicalism and Angela Davis: Radical Icon. - BLACK WORLD NEWS LINKS A'ja Wilson dominates as US women beat Japan 102-76 to open campaign for 8th straight Olympic gold https://olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-basketball-aja-wilson-scores-double-double-usa-beats-japan WILSON A'ja (A'ja Riyadh Wilson)Athlete Profiles https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/a-ja-wilson_1954757 The Patriotism of the Paris Olympics, Paging Doctor Doom, and the Shadow Dockethttps://www.theringer.com/2024/7/30/24209355/patriotism-2024-paris-olympics-paging-doctor-doom-supreme-court-shadow-docket - GUEST LINKS Robyn C. SpencerRobyn's Personal Websitehttps://robyncspencer.com/ Wayne State University (WSU) ProfileRobyn Spencer-Antoine Faculty Profile https://clasprofiles.wayne.edu/profile/hp6557 Intersectional Black Panther Party History ProjectOur commitment to the recovery and restoration of the Black Panther Party's (BPP) history and women's critical roles in the organization led us to create this project as a means of #changingthenarrative.  https://iphistoryproject.org/ The Revolution Has Come Black Power, Gender, and the Black Panther Party in OaklandRobyn's first book https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-revolution-has-come The Revolution Has Come Black Power, Gender, and the Black Panther Party in Oakland Free Sample of Introduction https://www.dukeupress.edu/Assets/PubMaterials/978-0-8223-6286-9_601.pdf Pat's ArchivesCurated by Robyn https://linktr.ee/PATarchives Black Feminist Meditations on the Women of Wakanda An essay by Robyn https://medium.com/@robyncspencer/black-feminist-meditations-on-the-women-of-wakanda-5cc79751d9cd - THE HARAMBEE ORGANISATION OF BLACK UNITY NEEDS YOU Harambee Organisation of Black Unity (Marcus Garvey Centre + Nicole Andrews Community Library, Birmingham, UK)https://www.blackunity.org.uk/ CAP25 - Convention of Afrikan People - Gambia - May 17-19, 2025 (Everyone's Welcome) On Malcolm X's 100th birthday, the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity is bringing together those in Afrika and the Diaspora who want to fulfill Malcolm's legacy and build a global organization for Black people. This is an open invitation to anyone.https://make-it-plain.org/convention-of-afrikan-people/ BUF - Black United Front Global directory of Black organizations. This will be hosted completely free of charge so if you run a Black organization please email the name, address, website, and contact info to mip@blackunity.org.uk to be listed. - SOCIALS Guest socials links: (IG) @PATarchives  @racewomanist (X) @IPHProject @racewomanist (FB) iphistoryproject (Medium) @robyncspencer Guest email: robynspencerantoine@wayne.edu Host: (IG) @kehindeandrews  (X) @kehinde_andrews  Podcast team: @makeitplainorg @weylandmck @inhisownterms @farafinmuso Platform: www.make-it-plain.org (Blog) www.youtube.com/@MakeItPlain1964 (YT) - For any help with your audio visit: https://weylandmck.com/ - Make it Plain if the Editorial Wing of the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity

Part I. Biden Continues Supporting the War on Gaza Guest: Stephen M. Walt is the Robert and Renée Belfer professor of international relations at Harvard University.  He is the author and coauthor of several such books, including The Hell of Good Intentions: America's Foreign Policy; and  The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy co-authored with John J. Mearsheimer. He is also a columnist at Foreign Policy. Part II. Enslaved Women and Their Remarkable Fight for Freedom in Revolutionary America Guest: Karen Cook Bell is a Professor of History at Bowie State University.  She is the University System of Maryland Wilson H. Elkins Endowed Professor. Her areas of specialization include slavery, the Civil War and Reconstruction, and women's history. She is the author of several books including,  Running from Bondage: Enslaved Women and Their Remarkable Fight for Freedom in Revolutionary America. Running From Bondage received the Best Book Award from the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society; the Letitia Woods Brown Honorable Mention Award from the Association of Black Women Historians; and was a finalist for the Pauli Murray Prize for Best Book in African American Intellectual History from the African American Intellectual History Society.   Feature image: IDF soldiers preparing for ground activity in Gaza. Wikimedia   The post Biden's Continued Support for the War on Gaza appeared first on KPFA.

Our notes for this conversation with Christine, before we had it, were this: expect this to be a casual vibe, hilarious interaction, lighthearted fun conversation! We would say that was EXACTLY what this was, in a nutshell. We went into this thinking we'd probably discuss some stuff like her upcoming book(s), plans, and more. But it really was more of a conversation that was about so many other facets of life than we had planned out, and it also seemed like the perfect conversation to air this holiday week. And - if this doesn't make you want to hear more about Rebecca and Becky in the fall, we don't know what will!   What to listen for: Time, and how we process this as we get older Intentionality, and how this plays a role in everything in our lives from simpler living, to projects we choose, to how we spend our time  Rebecca, Not Becky - the story of a suburban interracial friendship with SO MUCH under the surface, coming out later in 2023! About Christine:   Christine Platt is an author and advocate also known as The Afrominimalist. She holds a B.A. in Africana Studies from the University of South Florida, an M.A. in African and African American Studies from The Ohio State University, and a J.D. from Stetson University College of Law. From working with educators and children through the ADL's No Place for Hate in Schools initiative to serving as a Senior Policy Advisor for the US Department of Energy, Christine has dedicated her career to working at the intersections of social justice and environmental sustainability. A believer in the power of storytelling as a tool for social change, her literature centers on teaching and building empathy and awareness for people of all ages. Christine is a member of the American Association of Blacks in Energy, Women's Council on Energy & the Environment, Association of Writers and Writing Programs, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Association of Black Women Historians, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, and serves as an Ambassador for Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.

In conversation with Marc Lamont Hill Referred to by acclaimed author and academic Michael Eric Dyson as ''one of the most important works of history to come across my desk in a long time,'' Blair LM Kelley's Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class is an exhaustive coast-to-coast narrative that seeks to reclaim Black workers' central contribution to workers' rights throughout U.S. history. Kelley is also the author of Right to Ride: Streetcar Boycotts and African American Citizenship, winner of the Letitia Woods Brown Best Book Award from the Association of Black Women Historians. The director of the Center for the Study of the American South and co-director of the Southern Futures initiative at the University of North Carolina, she has contributed work to such publications as The New York Times and The Washington Post, and she has appeared on MSNBC's All In and NPR's Here and Now, among other media outlets. The Steve Charles Chair in Media, Cities and Solutions at Temple University, Marc Lamont Hill is the host of BET News and the Coffee and Books podcast. The recipient of honors from the National Association of Black Journalists, GLAAD, and the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, he is the author of six books, including Beats, Rhymes, and Classroom Life; Nobody: Casualties of America's War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond; and Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics. (recorded 6/26/2023)

Hello Black Monday Works listeners! Coming to you with part 2 of Mary Queen of Scots. Tune in as I detail the aftermath of the David Rizzio, new players such as a jealous half brother and dastardly plot. Was Mary Queen of Scots truly an innocent or chess player in determining her own destiny? You don't want to miss this episode! 

Princeton AAS Podcast S2 E07 A Painter's Eye In this episode, we sit down with the legendary historian and artist Nell Painter to discuss her career and its connections to Black Studies. From reckoning with historical figures as individuals, to her life and work at Princeton, to her own works-in-progress, this podcast has something for everyone. Our hosts dive deep into Painter's legacy and the lessons she has for our present moment. The Culture of __ “This new and 'old' artist offers a self-portrait in starting over,” PBS NewsHour, July 23, 2018 “Nell Painter: Old In Art School,” GBH Forum Network, July 31, 2018 The Breakdown - Guest Info Nell Irvin Painter (nellpainter.com)  Nell Irvin Painter is Edwards Professor of American History, Emerita at Princeton University. She was Director of Princeton's Program in African-American Studies from 1997 to 2000. In addition to her doctorate in history from Harvard University, she has received honorary doctorates from Wesleyan, Dartmouth, SUNY-New Paltz, and Yale. Prof. Painter has published numerous books, articles, reviews, and other essays, including The History of White People. She has served on numerous editorial boards and as an officer of many different professional organizations, including the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, the American Antiquarian Society, the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, and the Association of Black Women Historians. Nell Painter (the painter formerly known as the historian Nell Irvin Painter) lives and works in Newark, New Jersey. Her work carries discursive as well as visual meaning, and is made in a manual and digital process. Using found images and digital manipulation, she reconfigures the past and self-revision through self-portraits. After a life of historical truth and political engagement with American society, her artwork represents freedom, including the freedom to be totally self-centered. See, Hear, Do “The Extraordinary Women of AAS Featuring Nell Painter,” Princeton University Department of African American Studies, March 28, 2022 Nell Irvin Painter, Southern History Across the Color Line (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2021 [2002]) Nell Painter, “American Whiteness Since Trump,” James Fuentes Gallery, 2020 “Nell Painter and Black Power in Print,” Museum of Fine Arts Boston, November 15, 2021 “Nell Irvin Painter to Deliver the Charles Homer Haskins Prize Lecture,” American Council of Learned Societies Annual Meeting, Friday, April 29, 2022 @ 6:00 PM EST (registration in link)

Join Lori and her guest, Renee Ingram, on this episode of Positive Impact Philanthropy. Renee is the president and founder of the African American Heritage Preservation Foundation. She talks about all the things she's doing to focus on this cause that's meaningful to her. Stay tuned as she shares the impact she would like to make for the generations to come!   Here are the things to expect in this episode: What inspired her to contribute to the preservation of African American history? How does this cause help the economic development of the community? The value of looking at the needs that are not being met and where you could fulfill that need. And many more!     About Renee Ingram:   Renée Ingram, (President & Founder), has been an independent business consultant for nonprofit organizations and emerging small businesses within the Washington Metropolitan area with emphasis on financial management.  Ms. Ingram is also the former vice president and treasurer for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), where she worked for more than ten years. CPB is a private, non-profit organization whose mission is to facilitate the development and assurance of universal access to non-commercial high-quality programming and telecommunications services.   Ms. Ingram currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Preservation Virginia and has served on the Board of Trustees and as an Advisor representing Washington, DC for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Preservation Alliance of Virginia and The Robert and Mary Church Terrell House and LeDroit Park Museum and Cultural Center as well as the Board of Directors for the National Historic Landmark Stewards Association, the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society and the DC Preservation League. Ms. Ingram is a Life Member of the Association of Black Women Historians and the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society.   Ms. Ingram has served as a jurist for projects at the National Endowment for the Arts for Historic Preservation and Cultural Heritage and for the American Academy in Rome in Historic Preservation for Rome Prize Fellowships.    Ms. Ingram received Bachelor of Science degrees in Business Management and Human Resources Management from Northeastern University and holds an MBA degree in Finance from the University of Denver.   Connect with Renee! Website: https://www.aahpfdn.org/   African American Sites App App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/african-american-sites/id1521114814 Play Store:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mytoursapp.android.app3154   Organizations mentioned: Smithsonian Institution: https://www.si.edu/ National Trust for Historic Preservation: https://savingplaces.org/ Preservation Virginia: https://preservationvirginia.org/ Care: https://www.care.org/   Connect with Lori Kranczer! Website: https://www.everydayplannedgiving.com/  Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/positiveimpactphilanthropy  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorikranczer/  

Julia Chinn was born into slavery in Kentucky at the tail end of the 18th Century. Despite laws against interracial marriage, Richard Mentor Johnson, the ninth Vice President of the United States, called Julia Chinn his wife, and he recognized their daughters together as his. Johnson left Julia in charge of his Blue Spring Farm when he was away in DC for months at a time, and Julia ran the household and plantation, managed the business affairs, and worked as both manager and nurse at the Chocktaw Academy boarding school for Native American boys on the property. When the Marquis de Lafayette visited Blue Spring, Julia Chinn organized a magnificent celebration in his honor, a party for 5,000 guests, where her daughters performed on the piano. Even while trusting Julia with this authority and openly discussing their relationship, Richard never emancipated Julia Chinn; she remained his property until her death. Joining me to discuss Julia Chinn is Dr. Amrita Chakrabarti Myers, the Ruth N. Halls Associate Professor of History and Gender Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington, and author of an upcoming book on Julia Chinn. Our theme song is Frogs Legs Rag, composed by James Scott and performed by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons. The episode image is an artist rendition by Matthew Weflen. Sources: “Disorderly Communion: Julia Chinn, Richard Mentor Johnson, and Life in an Interracial, Antebellum, Southern Church,” by Amrita Chakrabarti Myers, The Journal of African American History, Volume 105, Number 2, Spring 2020. The Erasure and Resurrection of Julia Chinn, U.S. Vice President Richard M. Johnson's Black Wife,” by Amrita Chakrabarti Myers, Association of Black Women Historians, March 3, 2019. “He became the nation's ninth vice president. She was his enslaved wife.” by Ronald G. Shafer, Washington Post, February 7, 2021. “The Lost Story Of Julia Chinn,” by Leslie Potter, Kentucky Life, February 19, 2020. “Choctaw Indian Academy,” by Deana Thomas, Explore Kentucky History. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to The Academic Life. You are smart and capable, but you aren't an island, and neither are we. So we reached across our mentor network to bring you podcasts on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we'd bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler05(at)gmail.com or dr.danamalone(at)gmail.com or find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN. In this episode you'll hear about: reclaiming lost voices, recovering history, and a discussion of the book Never Caught: The Washington's Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge. Our guest is: Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar, a late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century scholar with a specialization in African American women's history. From 2011 to 2018 she was the Inaugural Director of the Program in African American history at the Library Company of Philadelphia. She has written numerous articles, reviews, essays, and books including Never Caught, and has given scholarly talks across the country. She is the National Director of the Association of Black Women Historians (ABWH), and is the Charles and Mary Beard Distinguished Professor of History at Rutgers University. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, a historian of women and gender. Listeners to this episode might be interested in: Never Caught: The Washington's Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman by Erica Armstrong Dunbar A Fragile Freedom: African American Women and Emancipation in the Antebellum City by Erica Armstrong Dunbar Daina Ramey Berry and Erica Armstrong Dunbar, “The Unbroken Chain of Enslaved African Resistance and Rebellion.” In The Birth of a Nation: Nat Turner and the Making of a Movement, edited by N. Parker, 35-61. New York: Atria/Simon and Schuster, September 2016. The Association of Black Women Historians http://abwh.org The Program in African American History at the Library Company of Philadelphia  Dr. Armstrong's website The African-American studies channel on NBN  The History Department at the College of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/academic-life

Welcome to The Academic Life. You are smart and capable, but you aren't an island, and neither are we. So we reached across our mentor network to bring you podcasts on everything from how to finish that project, to how to take care of your beautiful mind. Wish we'd bring in an expert about something? Email us at cgessler05(at)gmail.com or dr.danamalone(at)gmail.com or find us on Twitter: The Academic Life @AcademicLifeNBN. In this episode you'll hear about: reclaiming lost voices, recovering history, and a discussion of the book Never Caught: The Washington's Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge. Our guest is: Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar, a late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century scholar with a specialization in African American women's history. From 2011 to 2018 she was the Inaugural Director of the Program in African American history at the Library Company of Philadelphia. She has written numerous articles, reviews, essays, and books including Never Caught, and has given scholarly talks across the country. She is the National Director of the Association of Black Women Historians (ABWH), and is the Charles and Mary Beard Distinguished Professor of History at Rutgers University. Our host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, a historian of women and gender. Listeners to this episode might be interested in: Never Caught: The Washington's Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman by Erica Armstrong Dunbar A Fragile Freedom: African American Women and Emancipation in the Antebellum City by Erica Armstrong Dunbar Daina Ramey Berry and Erica Armstrong Dunbar, “The Unbroken Chain of Enslaved African Resistance and Rebellion.” In The Birth of a Nation: Nat Turner and the Making of a Movement, edited by N. Parker, 35-61. New York: Atria/Simon and Schuster, September 2016. The Association of Black Women Historians http://abwh.org The Program in African American History at the Library Company of Philadelphia  Dr. Armstrong's website The African-American studies channel on NBN  The History Department at the College of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In this episode, I speak with advocate, storyteller, and minimalist, Christine Platt.Christine Platt is a passionate advocate for social justice and policy reform. From serving as an advocate for policy reform to using the power of storytelling as a tool for social change, Christine’s work reflects her practice of living with intention. She holds a B.A. in Africana Studies, M.A. in African-American Studies, and a J.D. in General Law.Christine has written over two dozen literary works for people of all ages. When she’s not writing, Christine spends her time curating The Afrominimalist—a creative platform chronicling her journey to intentional living.Christine is a member of the Association of Black Women Historians, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, and serves as an Ambassador for Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. She is also a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.Christine regularly partners organizations on educational initiatives including Teaching for Change, Turning the Page, An Open Book Foundation, First Book, Eaton Workshop, PEN/Faulkner Foundation, and Writers and Artists Across the Country.She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Lee Montessori Public Charter School in Washington, DC.

In this episode, I speak with Randy Jones. She breaks down the black Spirituals and the many misconceptions about them. Randye Jones is a native of Greensboro, North Carolina. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education from Bennett College in Greensboro. While there, Randye's academic achievements included being named to Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities. She earned a Masters’ degree in Vocal Performance from Florida State University, Tallahassee, where she studied with Barbara Ford and Enrico Di Giuseppe. Some of the greats she studied with are Mary Jane Crawford, Judith Howle, Timothy Hoekman, and Millicent Scarlett. Charlotte Alston and Dominque-René de Lerma encouraged her growth as a musician and researcher. Randye's professional affiliations have included: Phi Beta Delta International Honor Society, the National Association of Negro Musicians, Society of American Music, Music Library Association, the Association of Black Women Historians, the Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts, the Recording Academy, and the Washington Area Music Association. http://randyejones.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jackdappabluespodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jackdappabluespodcast/support

In this special Women's History Month episode Ph.D. student Tiana Wilson sits down with Drs. Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross to discuss their most recent book, A Black Women's History of the United States. Daina Ramey Berry holds the Oliver H. Radkey Regents Professorship of History and is a Fellow of Walter Prescott Webb Chair in History and the George W. Littlefield Professorship in American History at the University of Texas at Austin. She is also the Associate Dean of The Graduate School and director of the American Association of Universities PhD Education Initiative at UT Austin. Berry is the award-winning author and editor of six books and several scholarly articles including A Black Women’s History of the United States (with Kali Nicole Gross, Beacon, 2020); The Price for their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to the Grave, in the Building of a Nation (Beacon, 2017); and Swing the Sickle for the Harvest is Ripe: Gender and Slavery in Antebellum Georgia (Illinois, 2007). Kali Nicole Gross is the Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of History at Rutgers University–New Brunswick and she is the National Publications Director for the Association of Black Women Historians. Her expertise and opinion pieces have been featured in press outlets such as BBC News, Vanity Fair, TIME, HuffPo, The Root, and The Washington Post. She has appeared on venues such as ABC, NBC, NPR, and C-Span. Her award-winning books include Colored Amazons: Crime, Violence, and Black Women in the City of Brotherly Love, 1880–1910 (Duke University Press, 2006) and Hannah Mary Tabbs and the Disembodied Torso: A Tale of Race, Sex, and Violence in America (Oxford University Press, 2016). Her latest book, co-authored with Daina Ramey Berry, is A Black Women’s History of the United States (Beacon Press, 2020). Follow her on Twitter @KaliGrossPhD Tiana Wilson is a third-year doctoral student in the Department of History with a portfolio in Women and Gender Studies, here at UT-Austin. Her broader research interests include: Black Women’s Internationalism, Black Women’s Intellectual History, Women of Color Organizing, and Third World Feminism. More specifically, her dissertation explores women of color feminist movements in the U.S. from the 1960s to the present. At UT, she is the Graduate Research Assistant for the Institute for Historical Studies, coordinator of the New Work in Progress Series, and a research fellow for the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy.

In conversation with Lorene Cary, author of Black Ice, The Price of a Child, Ladysitting and the forthcoming Arden Theatre production of My General Tubman Erica Armstrong Dunbar is the author of the National Book Award finalist Never Caught, the story of Ona Judge, a young enslaved person who risked her life to escape servitude under President George Washington. Named the National Director of the Association of Black Women Historians and the first director of the Program in African American History at the Library Company of Philadelphia, she is the Charles and Mary Beard Professor of History at Rutgers University. Dunbar's latest book is a biography of the runaway enslaved person, abolitionist, Civil War heroine, conductor of the Underground Railroad, and women's suffragist known admiringly as ''Moses.''   (recorded 11/5/2019)

Ubuntu Peoples Podcast, Ep #80--Dr. Blair Kelley: Sailing Black Dissent in The Constancy of America Dr. Blair L.M. Kelley is the Assistant Dean for Interdisciplinary Studies and International Programs for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at NC State University. She is also Associate Professor of History and is on the faculty of the Public History graduate program. She is the author of Right to Ride: Streetcar Boycotts and African American Citizenship in the Era of Plessy v. Ferguson, which won the 2010 Letitia Woods Brown Best Book Award from the Association of Black Women Historians. TOPICS DISCUSSED 3:00 SoulJa Boy 6:00 Snoop Dogg's gospel album 10:15 Right to Ride, Black Dissent, Jim Crow 23:00 The Obama Effect in Stacy Abrams, FL and Capitol Hill 29:00 Cultivating Black Excellence on campus 35:00 Mama and early childhood days 38:50 Scholar, Dean and Administrator at NC State 43:00 The Black Church ain't dead 51:00 A "just" person may not be successful but... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Obscene podcast host Maya Contreras (Brewed In NY, PBS) speaks with Christine Platt in this preview clip.   Christine A. Platt, JD is a historian and storyteller of the African diaspora. She holds a B.A. in Africana Studies from the University of South Florida, M.A. in African Studies from The Ohio State University and received her J.D. from Stetson University College of Law. Her debut novel, The Truth About Awiti, was published under the penname CP Patrick and won the 2016 Independent Publisher Book Awards Gold Medal for Multicultural Fiction. The Truth About Awiti is currently used in high schools, colleges and universities to teach the history of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Christine’s highly anticipated children series, Ana & Andrew, will be published in January 2019 (ABDO Books/Calico Kids). Christine currently serves as the Managing Director of the Antiracist Research & Policy Center at American University under the leadership of National Book Award-winning author, Dr. Ibram X. Kendi. She is a proud member of the Association of Black Women Historians and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. Additionally, she is an Ambassador for Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. You can follow Christine on Instagram via @theafrominimalist, where she interacts with thousands of friends and fans on minimalism and, of course, books. Preview clips every Sunday evening until the podcast premieres Sunday, January 20th, 2019.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Celebrated historian Nell Irvin Painter's many books include Sojourner Truth, Creating Black Americans, and, most recently, The History of White People, a national bestseller examining the dangerous socially constructed notion of whiteness. The Edwards Professor of American History, Emerita, at Princeton University, Painter directed that institution's Program in African American Studies from 1997 to 2000 and has served on a number of editorial boards and professional groups, including the Society of American Historians, the Association of Black Women Historians, and the American Antiquarian Society. Old in Art School is a memoir of Painter's surprising decision to return to the academy as a student in her sixties to earn a BFA and MFA in painting. Watch the video here. (recorded 5/22/2018)

Author and journalist A'Lelia Bundles currently is at work on her fifth book, The Joy Goddess of Harlem: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance, a biography of her great-grandmother, to be published by Scribner. As president of the Madam Walker/A'Lelia Walker Family Archives, she shares the history of her famous ancestors through speeches, publications, memorabilia, documents and several public initiatives. Her critically-acclaimed, best-selling biography, On Her Own Ground:  The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker [Scribner/2001], has been optioned by Zero Gravity Management for a television series starring Oscar winner Octavia Spencer. The book was named a 2001 New York TimesNotable Book, a 2002 Borders Books-Hurston/Wright Legacy Award finalist, the 2001 Letitia Woods Brown Book Prize winner by the Association of Black Women Historians for the best book on black women's history, a 2002 Honor Book by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association and a 2001 Go On Girl! Book Club selection. The first truly comprehensive account of Ms. Bundles's great-great-grandmother's life, this nonfiction book is based on nearly three decades of her meticulous research in the libraries, historical societies, courthouses and private homes of more than a dozen U. S. cities. Her young adult biography, Madam C. J. Walker: Entrepreneur [Chelsea House 1991/revised 2008] received an American Book Award. Madam Walker Theatre Center: An Indianapolis Treasure (Arcadia Publishing, 2013), is a pictorial tribute to the National Historic Landmark where three generations of the women in her family served as executives.

A native of Opelousas, Louisiana, Dr. Merline Pitre is a professor of History and former Dean of the College of Liberal Arts & Behavioral Sciences at Texas Southern University. Dr. Pitre began her career in the 1960s as a French professor at St. Augustine College in Raleigh, North Carolina. After several years teaching foreign language, she enrolled at Temple University to pursue a degree in History. She completed her PhD in 1976 and then took a job at Texas Southern University in Houston.Dr. Pitre has written several important works during her career. Her first monograph, Through Many Dangers, Toils and Snares: The Black Leadership of Texas, 1868 to 1898 (1985) has shaped the study of Reconstruction in Texas for an entire generation of scholars. Pitre’s other major work, In Struggle against Jim Crow: Lulu B. White and the NAACP, 1900-1957, appeared in 1999, and resulted in Lula White’s addition to the state-wide social studies curriculum in Texas public schools.Pitre has received numerous awards for her contributions to historical study. She was named Scholar of the Year at Texas Southern University in 1987. The following year, she received the Outstanding Black Texan Award from the Texas Legislative Black Caucus. In more recent years, she served as the first African American president of the Texas State Historical Association in 2011 and received the Lorraine Williams Leadership Award from the Association of Black Women Historians in 2014.

Sep. 5, 2015. Jeanne Theoharis discusses "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks" at the 2015 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Speaker Biography: A professor of political science at the City University of New York’s Brooklyn College, Jeanne Theoharis is also an author of literature on civil rights struggles and political issues surrounding race in the U.S. Her latest work, “The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks," is a 2014 NAACP Image Award Winner for Outstanding Literary Work in Biography and received the 2013 Letitia Woods Brown Award from the Association of Black Women Historians. Theoharis’ biography of Rosa Parks describes her “life history of being rebellious” and her continuous determination to expose and eradicate racial inequality in jobs, schools, public services and the criminal justice system. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6987

Black Slaves, Indian Masters: Slavery, Emancipation, and Citizenship in the Native American South with Barbara Krauthamer. Bernice Bennett welcomes Barbara Krauthamer,  Associate Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. She is the author of Black Slaves, Indian Masters: Slavery, Emancipation, and Citizenship in the Native American South.  She is co-author, with Deborah Willis (Tisch School of the Arts, New York University), of Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery.  Professor Krauthamer has also written many articles and book chapters on the subjects of: chattel slavery in Indian Territory, African American/Native American intersections, and African American women’s lives in slavery.  In 2007, she received the Letitia Brown Memorial Prize from the Association of Black Women Historians.  She has also received awards and funding from: the National Endowment for the Humanities; Stanford University; Yale University; the Institute for Historical Studies at the University of Texas at Austin; and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. 

Author A’Lelia Bundles’s award-winning biography, On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker, about her great-great-grandmother, was named a 2001 New York Times Notable Book and the Association of Black Women Historians 2001 best book on black women’s history. She currently is at work on Joy Goddess, the first major biography of her great- grandmother, A’Lelia Walker, a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance. During her thirty year career as an Emmy-award winning producer and executive with ABC News and NBC News, Bundles covered hundreds of national and international stories for ABC’s “World News Tonight with Peter Jennings” and NBC’s “Today” and “Nightly News.”  Bundles is a trustee of Columbia University and serves on the boards of the Foundation for the National Archives and the Madam Walker Theatre Center, a National Historic Landmark in Indianapolis. In 2003, she created the 100 Books, 100 Women campaign to expand the library at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women in New York. As well, she spearheaded the national campaign that led to the 1998 U. S. Postal Service’s Black Heritage stamp of Madam Walker. Ms. Bundles, who lives in Washington, DC, graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College and Radcliffe College and received a masters degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She is a member of the Alpha Iota Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at Harvard College.

Author A’Lelia Bundles’s award-winning biography, On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker, about her great-great-grandmother, was named a 2001 New York Times Notable Book and the Association of Black Women Historians 2001 best book on black women’s history. She currently is at work on Joy Goddess, the first major biography of her great- grandmother, A’Lelia Walker, a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance. During her thirty year career as an Emmy-award winning producer and executive with ABC News and NBC News, Bundles covered hundreds of national and international stories for ABC’s “World News Tonight with Peter Jennings” and NBC’s “Today” and “Nightly News.” A popular public speaker, Bundles has appeared at Harvard University, the National Archives, London’s City Hall, the Israeli Presidential Conference and the Library of Congress and on NPR, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, BBC and PBS. Her articles have been published in the New York Times Book Review, Essence, Parade, Fortune Small Business and O, the Oprah magazine. Bundles is a trustee of Columbia University and serves on the boards of the Foundation for the National Archives and the Madam Walker Theatre Center, a National Historic Landmark in Indianapolis. In 2003, she created the 100 Books, 100 Women campaign to expand the library at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women in New York. As well, she spearheaded the national campaign that led to the 1998 U. S. Postal Service’s Black Heritage stamp of Madam Walker. Ms. Bundles, who lives in Washington, DC, graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College and Radcliffe College and received a masters degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She is a member of the Alpha Iota Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at Harvard College.