Media

The Story of Blackface —
Past and Present

Brut.

From fashion brands to celebrities to politicians — blackface keeps reemerging. Here’s a look at its history and why it’s still very offensive.

Seeds of Resistance

An untold story of community activism centers around the African American community in Richmond, Virginia during the 1904 streetcar boycotts.

Taking Down the Monuments

A conversation with historians Blair Kelley, Martha Jones and journalist David Graham about history, memory, and politics in Baltimore, Durham, and beyond.

Featured historian, CNN Tonight, March 29, 2020.

Featured historian, WRAL News Raleigh, June 1, 2020

Keynote speaker, TEDxNCSU: Kicking Off this National Conversation on Race

Featured historian, “Seeds of Resistance” –A documentary short based on the research in Right to Ride

Featured historian, “Taking Down the Monuments: The Future of the Past in Durham and Baltimore,” Duke University, September 5, 2017.

Producer, writer, and host of podcast, Historical Blackness, 2014-2016.

Specialist Contributor, The Spin: All Women Media Panel hosted by Esther Armah, on National Public Radio, Spring 2014-Spring 2017.

Featured historian, “You gotta testify because the booty don’t lie”: The (Il)Legality of Black Womanhood, ShondaLand Symposium, Duke University, January 29, 2015.

WNYC’s The Takeaway, February 17, 2020.

Brut. Media, “The Story of Blackface — Past and Present,” March 17, 2019

WUNC’s The State of Things, February 18, 2020; August 22, 2017; June 8, 2011; June 9, 2010.

HuffPost Live, 2013-2015.

Melissa Harris Perry Show, MSNBC, 2013, 2015.

Here & Now, WBUR, National Public Radio, August 19, 2014.

Democracy Now, May 21, 2010.

Countdown with Keith Olbermann, MSNBC, December 21, 2010.