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Dark Concrete: Black Power Urbanism and the American Metropolis (Cornell UP, 2025) by Dr. Kimberley Johnson is about how the Black Power movement reshaped urban politics in the United States—from expectations to practices. Although the national and i... more

Each year, police officers kill over 1,000 people they’ve sworn to protect and serve. While some cases, like George Floyd’s and Sandra Bland’s, capture national attention, most victims remain nameless, their stories untold. The Coroner’s Silence: Dea... more

In the spring of 1969, hundreds of workers, all Black and mostly female, went on strike at Medical College Hospital and Charleston County Hospital to protest racial discrimination, low wages, and the marginalization of their dignity. The movement beg... more

In Transoceanic Blackface: Empire, Race, Performance (Northwestern UP, 2024) Dr. Kellen Hoxworth presents a sweeping history of racialized performance across the Anglophone imperial world from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century.

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Dr. O. Jennifer Dixon-McKnight
Associate Professor of History and African American Studies at Winthrop University
Winthrop University
Episode: O. Jennifer Dixon-McKnight, "We Paved the Way: Black Women and the Charleston Hospital Workers' Campaign" (UP of Mississippi, 2025)
Dr. Kellen Hoxworth
Professor of Theater and Performance Studies at the University at Buffalo, specializing in the intersection of theater, performance, imperialism, and colonialism.
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Episode: Kellen Hoxworth, "Transoceanic Blackface: Empire, Race, Performance" (Northwestern UP, 2024)
Johanna Lukate
Research group leader at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity
Episode: Johanna Lukate, "(Dis)Entangled: Black Hair, Race, and Identity" (Coronet, 2025)
Brian Martin
Author and retired newspaper journalist
ECW Press
Episode: Brian Martin, "From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge: Canada and the Civil War" (ECW Press, 2022)
John Samuel Harpham
Assistant Professor of Classics and Letters, and Wikire Professor in the Institute for the American Constitutional Heritage
University of Oklahoma
Episode: John Samuel Harpham, "Intellectual Origins of American Slavery: English Ideas in the Early Modern Atlantic World" (Harvard UP, 2025)
Sonya Lea
Writer and writing mentor who investigates lynching culture and personal history.
University Press of Kentucky
Episode: Sonya Lea, "American Bloodlines: Reckoning with Lynch Culture" (UP of Kentucky, 2025)
Ashley Brown
Author of "Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson"
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Episode: Ashley Brown, "Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Nicholas L. Caverly
Anthropologist and author of 'Demolishing Detroit: How Structural Racism Endures'
Stanford University Press
Episode: Nicholas L. Caverly, "Demolishing Detroit: How Structural Racism Endures" (Stanford UP, 2025)
Dr. Brittany Friedman
Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
Episode: Brittany Michelle Friedman, "Carceral Apartheid: How Lies and White Supremacists Run Our Prisons" (UNC Press, 2025)

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Sullivan Summer
Host of New Books in African American Studies, with a focus on fostering discussions about African American literature and culture.

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4.6 out of 5 stars from 208 ratings
  • They always feature my fav scholars and thinkers

    Anytime I’m looking to learn more about a new author that I️ come across, chances are, they’ve already been interviewed by you all!

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    @bodegaautumn
    United States9 months ago
  • Varied and interesting

    So many excellent authors discuss their books on this podcast that I wouldn’t have found out about otherwise. Thank you for this great channel of information!

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    Sol na Laje
    United Kingdom2 years ago
  • Host needs moderation work

    First, honor and excitement for this podcast — Listened to the “Silencing the Past” Trouillot episode which brought together some stellar scholars to a round table to discuss the impact of the text in our recent years, in and following 2020. Interspersed between scholars’ remarks about the text or social events, McNeil might chime in, “that’s really interesting” or “wow, that’s incredible” or but added so very little in the way of building, or drawing connections between ideas, I found myself sk... more

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    technique over topics
    United States3 years ago
  • Really

    Are there African Americans who write books on African American history? Really!?!? Do better or end this.

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    Clone B.
    United States3 years ago
  • 15 January 2023

    Very informative, thank you.

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    United States3 years ago

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Terence Keel, "The Coroner’s Silence: Death Records and the Hidden Victims of Police Violence" (Beacon Press, 2025)
Q: What prompted you to write your book, and what did you learn during the process?
My scholarship was deeply influenced by the public execution of George Floyd, and working with families and communities revealed that the death investigation system is broken, often prioritizing police narrative over truth and accountability.
Kellen Hoxworth, "Transoceanic Blackface: Empire, Race, Performance" (Northwestern UP, 2024)
Q: Is there anything further we need to understand about how Blackface Minstrelsy is becoming Transoceanic and global in its circulation?
Hoxworth emphasizes that Jim Crow's adaptability contributed to blackface's global popularity, with performances tailoring to local audiences around the empire, showcasing the complex interaction between cultural exchange and imperialism.
Kellen Hoxworth, "Transoceanic Blackface: Empire, Race, Performance" (Northwestern UP, 2024)
Q: What happens when you look further back into those antecedents of Anglophone blackface?
Hoxworth describes that it reveals a deeper history of racialized figures in British theater, showing that derogatory tropes of blackness were already prevalent in the 18th-century theatrical culture, shaping later performances.
Kellen Hoxworth, "Transoceanic Blackface: Empire, Race, Performance" (Northwestern UP, 2024)
Q: What do we mean by Transoceanic Blackface in the context of these questions?
Dr. Hoxworth explains that 'Transoceanic' encapsulates the interconnectedness of empires and their colonies, emphasizing that these performances are not limited to national narratives, which broadens the understanding of blackface histories.
Kellen Hoxworth, "Transoceanic Blackface: Empire, Race, Performance" (Northwestern UP, 2024)
Q: Can you introduce yourself a little bit and tell us why you even decided to write this in the first place?
Dr. Hoxworth shares that he is a professor specializing in theater and performance intersecting with imperialism and colonialism, and he wrote the book to explore the connections between racial impersonation that were often overlooked.

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