[To celebrate
one of my favorite American holidays, this week I’ll AmericanStudy a handful of
inspiring African American leaders, starting with my annual post on more fully
remembering King himself. And leading up to a special Guest Post from one of my
favorite current scholars and writers!]
I apologize for
linking to myself, but if I had to highlight one piece of writing from the last
year that truly exemplifies my public scholarly goals and project, it would be my
piece for the Washington
Post’s Made by History blog on Elizabeth
Freeman and Quock Walker. I don’t know of any American figures—from any
community, in any time period, for any reason—whom we should more fully and
collectively remember than Freeman and Walker, and so wanted to make sure to
highlight them and my piece in this week’s series. So if you haven’t checked
out that piece yet—once again, it’s at
this hyperlink—I would greatly appreciate your doing so. And then come back
and share your thoughts or responses here, please!
Next figure tomorrow,
Ben
PS. What do you
think? Figures or histories you’d highlight?
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