Every book I write offers its own methodological challenges. When writing the history of any people who have been marginalized or oppressed, official archives are often unyielding, and so creative methodologies are called for. I move across fields quite a bit, writing about music, literature and case law, but my belief in finding the roots of a more just society persists.Īre African American historians affected by unique conceptual and methodological concerns, or burdens? For example, in May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem, I tell the history of institutional rituals and practices that provided the foundation for what would become the mid-twentieth century Freedom Movement.Įxposing the legacy of patriarchy and white supremacy is the undergirding impulse of my work. What call are you answering with your work?Īs both a legal historian and a cultural historian, I am interested in how racial inequality and injustice has functioned in the United States. Foreign Policy & International RelationsĪ New York Times notable biography of the first black woman to write a Broadway play, a book on the politics and poetics of hip-hop, a schema of post-intentional racism, and a history of the black national anthem are four of your wide-ranging, recent contributions to the understanding of African American history.
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