Author: Ellen C. Bush

August 26, 2011

Rebecca de Schweinitz: More Than Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream

Rebecca de Schweinitz looks at the many people who share Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision as we approach the 48th anniversary of the March on Washington. Continue Reading Rebecca de Schweinitz: More Than Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream

African American History/African American Studies/American History/Author blog entry/Civil Rights/Guest Bloggers/Politics/UNC Press Authors

August 25, 2011

Come on, Irene

As we launch into hurricane season, listen to the experts on hurricanes & coastal erosion, Jay Barnes and Stanley Riggs. Continue Reading Come on, Irene

Current Events/Environmental Studies/Nature/North Carolina/Science/UNC Press News

August 24, 2011

Historians on ‘The Help’: Vanessa May and Rebecca Sharpless Respond

Historians Vanessa May and Rebecca Sharpless discuss what’s wrong and what’s right with ‘The Help.’ Continue Reading Historians on ‘The Help’: Vanessa May and Rebecca Sharpless Respond

African American History/African American Studies/American History/Author blog entry/Civil Rights/Film/Guest Bloggers/History/Labor Studies/Southern Studies/Women's Studies

August 22, 2011

Marvin McAllister: Margaret Bowland and Janasia Smith: Subject and Artist at Play

Like the estranging whiteface minstrels and stage Europeans throughout African American performance history, Bowland’s portraits invite us to view whiteness with fresh and open eyes. Continue Reading Marvin McAllister: Margaret Bowland and Janasia Smith: Subject and Artist at Play

African American History/African American Studies/Art / Architecture/Author blog entry/Cultural Studies/Guest Bloggers

When the P.O.’s Disappear

Historian and former US postal worker Philip Rubio on what we lose when post offices close. Continue Reading When the P.O.’s Disappear

African American History/African American Studies/American History/American Studies/Current Events/History/Labor Studies/Podcasts/UNC Press Authors

America’s First Black Marines

The Montford Point Marines seek Congressional honor for the first black recruits who entered the last all-white branch of the military in 1941. Continue Reading America’s First Black Marines

African American History/African American Studies/American History/Civil Rights/History/Military History/Military Studies/North Carolina

Michael Bowen: War on the Middle Class, Then and Now

Today’s political fault lines are direct descendants of the postwar Republican split. Continue Reading Michael Bowen: War on the Middle Class, Then and Now

American History/Author blog entry/Current Events/Guest Bloggers/History/Politics

Jill Ogline Titus: The Cost of Resistance

Jill Ogline Titus gives historical context for the Brown v. Board scholarships in Prince Edward County, VA. Should both black and white students benefit? Continue Reading Jill Ogline Titus: The Cost of Resistance

African American History/African American Studies/American History/Author blog entry/Civil Rights/Education/Guest Bloggers/History

John Ernest: Saving Marriages by Divorcing History

Historical recklessness is apparently the new political correctness. Continue Reading John Ernest: Saving Marriages by Divorcing History

African American History/Author blog entry/Current Events/Guest Bloggers/Politics/UNC Press Authors

Video: Diane Daniel and Fickle Creek Farm

Video: Watch the happy pigs, hens, sheep, and cows at Fickle Creek Farm, one of the sites featured in Diane Daniel’s Farm Fresh North Carolina. Continue Reading Video: Diane Daniel and Fickle Creek Farm

Cooking / Food/North Carolina/Travel/UNC Press Authors

Tanya Harmer: Skeletons of Chile’s Past

So does it ultimately matter whether, in the final moment of his life, Allende was killed or he pulled the trigger, and which gun it was that killed him? Up to a point, yes. Continue Reading Tanya Harmer: Skeletons of Chile’s Past

Author blog entry/Current Events/Guest Bloggers/History/Latin American/Caribbean Hist./Politics

Marvin McAllister: Idris Elba ‘Multi-Levels’ THOR: Norse Mythology Meets Yoruba Cosmology

Historian Marvin McAllister explores the racial and mythical dimensions of casting a black British actor in the role of a Norse god in the recent film THOR. Continue Reading Marvin McAllister: Idris Elba ‘Multi-Levels’ THOR: Norse Mythology Meets Yoruba Cosmology

African American Studies/Author blog entry/Current Events/Film/Guest Bloggers/Media Studies/Religion

Listen: David Stowe Talks CCM on WNYC

Podcast of David Stowe discussing the history of contemporary Christian music on WNYC’s Soundcheck. Continue Reading Listen: David Stowe Talks CCM on WNYC

American Studies/Christian Studies/Music/Podcasts/Religion/UNC Press Authors

Vanessa May: Domestic Workers, “Nannygates,” and the IRS

Vanessa May discusses the history of the struggle for domestic workers to be protected by labor laws. Continue Reading Vanessa May: Domestic Workers, “Nannygates,” and the IRS

American History/Author blog entry/Guest Bloggers/Labor Studies/Public Policy/Women's Studies

Brian D. Behnken: Vanquishing Race by Banishing Words?: Ethno-racial Designations and the Problem of Postracialism

The problem with postracialism is that it doesn’t jibe with reality and, despite the best intentions of its advocates, it obscures and constricts the multifaceted nature of identity. Continue Reading Brian D. Behnken: Vanquishing Race by Banishing Words?: Ethno-racial Designations and the Problem of Postracialism

African American History/African American Studies/American History/American Studies/Asian Studies/Author blog entry/Civil Rights/Cultural Studies/Guest Bloggers/History/Latino Studies

James Marten: Not Just Fading Away: Civil War “Veteranizing”

For Civil War veterans, every day was Memorial Day. They refused to limit their own commemorations to one or two days per year. Continue Reading James Marten: Not Just Fading Away: Civil War “Veteranizing”

American History/Author blog entry/Civil War/Guest Bloggers/History/Military History/Military Studies

Guest post: Karey Harwood on Posthumous Reproduction

Today we welcome a guest post from Karey Harwood, author of The Infertility Treadmill: Feminist Ethics, Personal Choice, and the Use of Reproductive Technologies. Here she ponders the bioethical issues surrounding a couple who want to use frozen sperm from their deceased son and an egg donor to become grandparents. While the idea of posthumous birth is nothing new, posthumous… Continue Reading Guest post: Karey Harwood on Posthumous Reproduction

Author blog entry/Current Events/Ethics/Guest Bloggers/Health / Medicine/UNC Press Authors

Watch: Diane Daniel offers farmers’ market tips

Farm Fresh North Carolina author Diane Daniel recently appeared on Charlotte Today. In this feature she offers tips on when to go to market, how to plan in advance, and how to keep it local.

Cooking / Food/Gardening/North Carolina/Travel/UNC Press Authors

Steven I. Levine: Dealing with Osama Bin Laden: A Better Way

Trying Bin Laden in a court of law would have confirmed that we are a nation that seeks to strengthen international law in order to advance peace & security. Continue Reading Steven I. Levine: Dealing with Osama Bin Laden: A Better Way

American History/Author blog entry/Current Events/Guest Bloggers/Law / Legal History/Michael H. Hunt/Military Studies/Political Science

Interview: Michael Barkun on the Gap between Real and Perceived Terror Threats

Michael Barkun discusses the gap between real and perceived terror threats and the nonrational decision making that has shaped U.S. homeland security policy. Continue Reading Interview: Michael Barkun on the Gap between Real and Perceived Terror Threats

American History/Cultural Studies/Current Events/Global Studies/Interviews/Political Science/Public Policy/UNC Press Authors/UNC Press News