Awardees of interest include Brittney C. Cooper, Tiya Miles (twice), Edward L. Ayers, Richard White, Ula Yvette Taylor, Deirdre Cooper Owens, Ashley D. Farmer, Tera W. Hunter, C. Riley Snorton (honorable mention), Alexandra J. Finley, and Nakia D. Parker. The OAH sponsors and co-sponsors dozens of awards, grants, and fellowships annually. Here are the 2018 … Continue reading AWARDS: Organization of American Historians 2018 List
Tiya Miles
BLOGROLL: Miles on Slave Mistress Ghosts and Tourism
Tiya Miles on the haunted South: "It is time to exorcise the “slave mistress” ghost of the Southern haunted house tour and replace her with fully realized personas of the difficult past. "The reality of black women held in bondage and forced to labor both reproductively and productively is the “tough stuff” that built this … Continue reading BLOGROLL: Miles on Slave Mistress Ghosts and Tourism
VIDEO: Public Historian Tiya Miles on Doing History
Tiya Miles (MacArthur "Genius" Fellow Cohort, '11) discusses history and slavery in this video from the Macarthur Foundation:
BLOGROLL: Miles on Slavery in the Midwest | @NYTimes
Tiya Miles writes: "The violent furor that erupted this summer over the removal of Confederate monuments in several cities was a stark reminder that Americans remain trapped in the residue of slavery and racial violence. In confronting this difficult truth, our attention is naturally drawn to the South. And rightfully so: The South was the … Continue reading BLOGROLL: Miles on Slavery in the Midwest | @NYTimes
BOOK: Miles on The Dawn of Detroit
Tiya Miles, The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits. The New Press, 2017. via The New Press: "Most Americans believe that slavery was a creature of the South, and that Northern states and territories provided stops on the Underground Railroad for fugitive slaves on their way … Continue reading BOOK: Miles on The Dawn of Detroit
VIDEO: Scholars on History, Slavery, and Defining Black America
Historians and scholars discuss who is considered 'black' in America. In the video: Ira Berlin, Elsa Barkley Brown, Tiya Miles, Dylan Penningroth, and Deborah Gray White. May 20, 2016. Video below: View it here: Defining Black America, May 20 2016 | Video | C-SPAN.org
BOOK: Miles on the African-Indigenous Ties That Bind
Tiya Miles, Ties That Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005. via UC Press: "This beautifully written book, now in its second edition, tells the haunting saga of a quintessentially American family. In the late 1790s, Shoe Boots, a famed Cherokee warrior and successful farmer, … Continue reading BOOK: Miles on the African-Indigenous Ties That Bind
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