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At the UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy.

David Myers and the UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy offered me a unique opportunity to reflect out loud on writing history in troubled time with an invitation to the “Historians and Society” series. I took the occasion to explore … Continue reading

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At Rutgers-Newark Law School.

At Rutgers Law, I was reunited with my friend Elise Boddie, at the invitation of Professor Rose Cuison Villazor, who directs the Rutgers-Newark Law School Center for Immigration Law, Policy and Justice. Special thanks to Dean David Lopez and Chancellor Nancy … Continue reading

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At the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health: Race and Rights in Pre-Civil War Baltimore

I was honored when Dean Josh Sharfstein invited me to speak with the public health community about my research on birthright citizenship. I wasn’t sure that I knew quite what to say, but a great audience helped create a strong … Continue reading

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At Rutgers Law, Newark: Birthright Citizens with Martha Jones and Elise Boddie

I joined Elise Boddie for a discussion of Birthright Citizens, at Rutgers Law School, Newark — organized by the Center for Immigration Law, Policy and Justice and the Association of Black Law Students. Don’t miss Elise’s brilliant commentary later in the … Continue reading

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A PROSE Award Finalist: Birthright Citizens

A real honor! Birthright Citizens was honored as a finalist for the PROSE best book in U.S./North American History award by the American Association of Publishers. http://newsroom.publishers.org/association-of-american-publishers-announces-finalists-for-2019-prose-awards/

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Sad News: The Passing of Professor Rosalyn Terborg-Penn

Among a small cadres of black women historians whose work paved the way for my own was Dr. Rosalyn Terborg-Penn. Her pioneering work on black women in the women’s suffrage movement is a text to which I still return and … Continue reading

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Birthright Citizens Among Best of 2018: Zócalo Public Square’s “11 Books that Got Us Through 2018.”

High praise for Birthright Citizens: “If you want to understand the debates that are tearing our country apart right now, you must start here.”      

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Birthright Citizens Makes Scholarly Kitchen’s Best Reads of 2018 List

Karin Wulf singles out Birthright Citizens: “I read some really wonderful books this year, and added a huge number to my “must read” pile. Among the very best, and one I’m urging family and friends as well as colleagues to … Continue reading

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For Public Books: “Michelle Obama’s Embrace.”

This one came straight from the heart, in a way that was only possible after talking personally with Mrs. Obama. I continue to wrestle with my so-called mixed-race family history and identity, but after reading her memoir, Becoming, I was … Continue reading

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In Memorium: Ira Berlin, 1941-2018.

This afternoon we joined his family and friends to say goodbye to a beloved colleague and friend, Ira Berlin. His scholarship is legend in the field of slavery. And I am especially indebted to Ira for his interest in Birthright … Continue reading

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