Kellie Carter Jackson Explained

Kellie Carter Jackson
Alma Mater:Howard University, Columbia University
Occupation:Historian, scholar and broadcaster

Kellie Carter Jackson is an American academic scholar, author and broadcaster researching history of slavery, abolitionists, violence and black women’s history.[1] [2] [3]

Career

Jackson is Historian-in-Residence for the Museum of African American History in Boston[4] and co-host on the Radiotopia podcast, “This Day in Political Esoteric History”[5] with Jody Avirgan and Nicole Hemmer and creator of “Oprahdemics: The Study of the Queen of Talk” with Leah Wright Rigueur. In 2022 Oprahdemics changed its name to "You get a podcast"[6] after Oprah Winfrey's company sued to prevent confusion over her support for the show.[7] [8]

Jackson holds a B.A. from Howard University, a Ph.D. from Columbia University. She was a Fellow in the Department of African & African American Studies at Harvard University and is the Michael and Denise ‘68 Associate Professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley College.[9] [10] [11]

Research

Jackson's book Force & Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence (University of Pennsylvania Press)[12] was a finalist for the Frederick Douglass Book Prize,[13] and winner of the James H. Broussard Best First Book Prize given by SHEAR (Society for Historians of the Early American Republic)[14]

Reconsidering Roots[15] is a collection of articles reconsidering the politics, scope and impact of Alex Haley's Roots in the 1970s.

Works

References

  1. Web site: Kellie Carter Jackson - Historian - Interviewees - Kunhardt Film Foundation . 2023-06-30 . www.kunhardtfilmfoundation.org . en.
  2. Web site: Violence in Political History: The Challenges of Teaching about the Politics of Power and Resistance Perspectives on History AHA . 2023-06-30 . www.historians.org.
  3. Web site: Kellie Carter Jackson . 2023-06-30 . Kellie Carter Jackson . en-US.
  4. Web site: About the Museum of African American History Boston and Nantucket . 2023-06-30 . www.maah.org . en.
  5. Web site: 2020-03-24 . This Day In Esoteric Political History . 2023-06-30 . Radiotopia . en-US.
  6. Web site: You Get A Podcast! from Radiotopia . 2023-06-30 . You Get A Podcast! from Radiotopia . en-US.
  7. News: Stempel . Jonathan . 2022-08-10 . Oprah Winfrey's company sues over 'Oprahdemics' podcast . en . Reuters . 2023-06-30.
  8. News: Brittain . Blake . 2023-05-08 . Oprah Winfrey's company settles trademark lawsuit over 'Oprahdemics' podcast . en . Reuters . 2023-06-30.
  9. Web site: Kellie Carter Jackson . 2023-06-30 . Wellesley College . en.
  10. Web site: Kellie Carter Jackson The Guardian . 2023-06-30 . the Guardian . en.
  11. Web site: Jackson . Kellie Carter . Kellie Carter Jackson . 2023-06-30 . The Atlantic . en-US.
  12. Web site: Force and Freedom – Penn Press . 2023-06-30 . University of Pennsylvania Press . en-US.
  13. Web site: 2020-10-02 . 2020 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Finalists . 2023-06-30 . The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition . en.
  14. Web site: 2020-08-14 . SHEAR Announces the Winners of the 2020 Book, Dissertation, and Article Prizes . 2023-06-30 . The Panorama . en-US.
  15. Book: Reconsidering 'Roots': race, politics, and memory . 2017 . The University of Georgia Press . 978-0-8203-5082-0 . Ball . Erica . Since 1970, histories of contemporary America . Athens . Jackson . Kellie Carter.
  16. Web site: June 2, 2024 . Is Nonviolent Resistance Past Its Prime? . New York Times.
  17. Web site: 2024-06-10 . Kellie Carter Jackson explores the history of Black resistance in new book . 2024-09-08 . www.wbur.org . en.

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