Teaching
我教授各种课程,重点关注非裔美国人在美国的经历. In each of my classes, 我鼓励我的学生以批判性的探究和调查的精神来处理材料. 在课堂参与和参与方面,我有很高的期望. Students are not simply receptacles for information; they are encouraged—required, 实际上,成为我们正在努力共同创造的学术团体中有发言权和积极参与的成员. When their thoughts, opinions and questions are not heard, the entire community loses the benefit of their wisdom. Additionally, 我要求我的学生把他们的课程内容放在更大的历史背景中, 看到非洲裔美国人连字符两边的活力和细微差别. Typically, we’ll cover a particular period using primary documents, literature, web resources, music, 电影和任何我能找到的东西,都能让我的学生了解过去的人是如何生活的.
Research
My primary research interests include the Civil Rights Movement, and the exploration of local movements in particular. 我着迷于个人和组织在努力创造变化时所使用的各种手段. 从我在莫尔豪斯学院读本科开始一直持续到我在杜克大学的研究生任期, 我一直致力于阐明一种未被充分研究的现象,即发生在远离南方城市中心的大规模抗议和社区斗争. My first book, 《365betapp下载》 (University Press of America, 2010), explored the slow, 在该州中东部的农村社区有意地建立一个运动. 在耀眼的城市灯光和媒体镜头下游行、组织和抵制是一回事. It’s quite another thing to march, 组织和抵制主要网络从未听说过的领域,也可能永远不会去寻找. The rules of engagement change significantly in this instance. Additionally, 我写了很多365亚洲体育废除种族隔离的文章, 选举政治和妇女在自由运动建设中的核心作用.
My next project, tentatively titled 《失去林肯之党:乔治·华盛顿·李与共和党灵魂之争, explores the life and career of George Washington Lee, 20世纪中期住在孟菲斯的非裔美国共和党工作人员和民权活动家. Lee was a staunch supporter of civil rights, and fought against the rightward drift of the party, 60年代早期巴里·戈德华特的上台极大地促进了这种转变. I’m also co-editing a volume, along with Aram Goudsouzian of the University of Memphis, which is an overview of the black freedom struggle in Memphis.
Reviews and Encyclopedia Articles
"Ella Baker," in The Encyclopedia of Women in World History, ed. Chana Kai Lee (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007)
"John Birks ′Dizzy′ Gillespie", 《非裔美国人历史百科全书:从种族隔离时代到21世纪, ed. Paul Finkelman (New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming)
《一点自由的滋味:克莱本县黑人争取自由的斗争, Mississippi by Emilye Crosby, The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 104, no. 2 (Spring 2006): 368-369.
挑战与争议的时代:海伍德县的选民登记, Tennessee, 1960 - 1961: A Content Analysis of Local, Regional and National Coverage, West Tennessee Historical Society Papers [forthcoming]
Conference Presentations
“南方黑人教会:过去与现在”,使徒教会,孟菲斯,田纳西州,2012年2月
“Educating King: Civil Rights, the Liberal Arts and the Education That Changed A Nation”, King Day Lecture, Hastings College, January 2012
更大的自由:北卡罗来纳州东部的民权斗争, Lecture, Albany Civil Rights Institute, Albany, Georgia, June 2011
“Race, 权利与救赎:北卡罗来纳州自由斗争的教训, Lecture, Rhodes College, February 2011
“不要让任何人改变我:民权运动的意义”.” Opening Lecture, Eleventh Annual Civil Rights Conference, University of Tennessee – Martin, February 2011
《患关节炎的乌龟爬行:北卡罗来纳州的种族、进步和自由.南方研究棕色袋装午餐和系列讲座,密西西比大学,2010年11月
Keynote Lecture, “State Constitutional Reform in the New South”, Charleston College of Law, January 2009.
“Rethinking working class activism in the Civil Rights Era.Samuel Shannon杰出演讲,田纳西州立大学,2008年3月
“对于一个有自尊的白人来说,这有点太过分了”:威尔逊的黑人叛乱和白人管理, North Carolina, 1955-1965." Organization of American Historians Conference, Washington, D.C., April, 2006.
"′Somewhere down the line, 我们决定组织"芬妮·科比特和威尔逊的工人阶级自由运动, North Carolina, 1968-1970." Thinking Through Action Conference, Vancouver, BC, June, 2005
《1943-1949年北卡罗来纳州威尔逊县的种族、暴力和自由的起源.非裔美国人生活和历史研究协会会议,匹兹堡,宾夕法尼亚州. October 2004.
北卡罗来纳州威尔逊市黑人激进主义的工人阶级根源." Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University, Durham, NC. November 2003.
"′They lynched a Negro in Hoover Time′: Race, Violence and the Limits of Civic Inclusion in Wilson, North Carolina, 1930-1964." American Studies Association Conference, Hartford, Conn. October 2003.
Interview on Public Radio East - January 7, 2011
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Learn more about the Africana Studies program here.
Random Thoughts
我出生在密苏里州,在加州长大,在南方受的教育. This makes me something of a geographical vagabond. 我之所以提到这一点,是因为我一直着迷于地理差异对我们日常交往的影响.
-当我搬到孟菲斯时,我发现各种各样的音乐社区让我感到惊喜. 作为一名爵士萨克斯管吹奏者,我准备进入一些严重闲置的领域. 毕竟,孟菲斯不只是以布鲁斯和猫王的故乡而闻名吗? 他们不应该垄断这里的音乐市场吗? Well, no. Fortunately for me, I was dead wrong. The jazz scene here is wonderful! Punk, Rock, Celtic, Gospel – you name it, you can find it here.
-有史以来最伟大的篮球运动员是“魔术师”埃尔文·约翰逊.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
《365betapp下载》 (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2010)
多重战线:威尔逊黑人教育和政治平等的斗争, North Carolina, 1941-1953.” The North Carolina Historical Review vol. 88, no. 1 (January, 2011)
《365亚洲体育》, edited by Emilye Crosby (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2011).
“Democratic Intent? 新南方宪法改革的危险与希望.” Charleston Law Review, vol. 3, no. 2 (Summer 2009)
Charles McKinney and Rhonda Jones, 吉姆·克劳——背叛的民主:黑人在南方的克劳,” in Alton Hornsby, ed.,《365亚洲体育》(伦敦:布莱克威尔出版社,2005),271-282页
Education
A.M., Duke University
B.A., Morehouse College