xviii, 228 pages : illustrations (some color), map; 23 cm.
Summary
"This book tells the difficult history of race at the University of Virginia after 1865, juxtaposing scholarly essays on race at UVA with responses by contemporary people of color"--
Foreword: The Context of Truth-Telling at Universities / James T. Campbell -- Introduction: Twenty-First-Century Truth-Telling -- Truth-Telling and Coming to Terms with UVA's Hard Histories / McGregor McCance -- Response: A Reflection on the President's Commissions, Their Work, and Telling the Truth / Countess Hughes -- The Lost Cause through Judge Duke's Eyes / Elizabeth R. Varon -- Response: The Man of My Dreams-A Letter to Judge R. T. W. Duke Jr. / Wes Bellamy -- Blackface and the Rise of a Segregated Society / Ashley Schmidt and Kirt von Daacke -- Response: Uncovering UVA's "Hidden" History / Kristen Graves -- "An Imperfect Sketch" Revisited: Burkley Bullock's Life and Legacy at UVA and Beyond / Scot French -- Response: Learning from Family History / Cheryl Bullock-Hannah -- When the KKK Flourished in Charlottesville / Kirt von Daacke and Ashley Schmidt -- Response: Truth Revealed / Rev. Dr. Susan Minasian -- Walter Reed and the Scourge of Yellow Fever / Dan Cavanaugh -- Response: Four Black University of Virginia Doctors Discuss Black Virginians, Vaccination, and the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic / Andrea Douglas -- Eugenics, the Racial Integrity Act, Health Disparities / P. Preston Reynolds -- Response: the scholastic attainment of the Negro / Jayla Hart -- The George Rogers Clark Statue and Native Americans / Christian McMillen -- Response: Nanta ish ikhvna ha? Kucha hoh ilhkoli (What have you learned? Go outside) / Kasey Jernigan -- Winds of Change in the 1950s / Brendan Wolfe -- Response: Trifling Breezes in the Face of Continuing Bigotry and Systemic Racism / William M. Harris Sr. -- "A Race So Different": Asians and Asian Americans in UVA's History / Sylvia Shin Huey Chong -- Response: We Are Not Invisible / Jay Pun -- Property and Power / Brian Cameron and Andrew Kahrl -- Response: Ties That Bind -- From Covenants to Zoning, a University and City United / Jordy Yager -- Confronting Labor Discrimination / Dan Cavanaugh -- Response: Can the Damage Done to Blacks Be Repaired? / Janette Martin -- The University of Virginia in the Era of Massive Resistance / James H. Hershman Jr. -- Response: Interview with Edward Harris / Andrea Douglas -- Allies of Integration / Patrice Preston-Grimes -- Response: Unfinished Business / Leslie M. Scott-Jones -- Closing Response: I Am My Ancestors' Wildest Dreams-Black at UVA in the Twenty-First Century / Ty'Leik Chambers.
Bibliography (note)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Title
After emancipation : racism and resistance at the University of Virginia / edited by Kirt von Daacke and Andrea Douglas.
Publisher
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2024.