Tag: Black History

May 19, 2020

Shennette Garrett-Scott Featured on ABWH-TV

“Garrett-Scott reclaims the stories of black women who—as bank founders and clerks, investors, aspiring home owners, loan seekers, and, yes, as those denied loans—asserted their own economic ethos. A compelling account of black women’s ideas about money, savings, lending, obligation,...

February 27, 2020

Book Excerpt! The Dream Revisited, Edited by Ingrid Gould Ellen and Justin Peter Steil

“[The Dream Revisited] is probably the most intelligent and thoughtful read on segregation in recent years. Despite highlighting so many debates and differences, I consider it a hopeful and useful policy tool.” ~Anne B. Shlay, Georgia State University, Journal of...

February 26, 2020

The Struggle for Equal Access to Neighborhood Resources and Opportunities Shifts to the State and Local Level

By Ingrid Gould Ellen and Justin Peter Steil

“[The Dream Revisited] is probably the most intelligent and thoughtful read on segregation in recent years. Despite highlighting so many debates and differences, I consider it a hopeful and useful policy tool.” ~Anne B. Shlay, Georgia State University, Journal of...

February 24, 2020

Becoming Stuck: Residential Segregation and Upward Mobility in American Cities

By Elizabeth A. Herbin-Triant

February 19, 2020

Erasing History: A Conspiracy Against Equality

By Alex George and S. Anand

“Beef, Brahmins, and Broken Men is that rare achievement, a work that combines meticulous historical scholarship. . . with a passionate, persuasive call to action.” ~Wendy Doniger, author of The Hindus: An Alternative History B. R. Ambedkar spent his life battling Untouchability and...

February 13, 2020

Book Excerpt! To Fulfill These Rights, by Amaka Okechukwu

“I learned something new and interesting on nearly every page. This is an excellent empirical engagement with affirmative action. Amaka Okechukwu’s updated racial formation theory is smart, compelling, and engaging.” ~Ellen Berrey, author of The Enigma of Diversity: The Language...

February 12, 2020

Amaka Okechukwu on the Path to Affirmative Action in Higher Education

To continue our celebration of Black History Month, Amaka Okechukwu, author of To Fulfill These Rights: Political Struggle Over Affirmative Action and Open Admissions, reflects on the history and contentious path to affirmative action. Enter our giveaway for a chance...

February 10, 2020

Book Excerpt! A Piece of the Action, By Eithne Quinn

“Well-written, meticulously researched, critical, and smart, A Piece of the Action may be the most important book on black American cinema in the last quarter century. Enjoyable and highly informative, this book will quickly emerge as a classic and must-read...

February 7, 2020

Book Excerpts! A Haven and a Hell, Banking on Freedomand Threatening Property

This week, we have explored Black life in the context of property and finance through the scholarship of Lance Freeman, Shennette Garrett-Scott, and Elizabeth A. Herbin-Triant. Today, we invite your to grab a warm drink and settle into a cozy...

February 6, 2020

Dismantling Hollywood’s Whiteness Problem

By Eithne Quinn

“Well-written, meticulously researched, critical, and smart, A Piece of the Action may be the most important book on black American cinema in the last quarter century. Enjoyable and highly informative, this book will quickly emerge as a classic and must-read among those...

February 6, 2020

Book Talk: Black Life and White Supremacy in Property, Finance, and the City

 We are continuing our feature of Lance Freeman, Shennette Garrett-Scott and Elizabeth A. Herbin-Triant today with this book talk moderated by Ansley T. Erickson, co-editor of Educating Harlem: A Century of Schooling and Resistance in a Black Community. Watch their...

February 5, 2020

Q&A: A Conversation About the History of U.S. Property Restriction and Finance After the Civil War

Take a walk today and look around. Observe the people strolling through the parks and neighborhoods. Chances are, they vary in background and cultural heritage, but this was not always the case. To kick off Black History Month, Noni Carter...