After Emancipation examines the University of Virginia’s difficult history after 1865—including Lost Cause mythologizing, Anti-Black racism, Native American erasure, racial terrorism, segregation—while highlighting the persistence of their Black neighbors in building community and struggling to defend freedom. It also acknowledges slavery’s powerful afterlives in centering the voices of twenty-first century people of color as they respond to the hard histories revealed within.
Contributing faculty authors include:
Sylvia Chong: American Studies
Kasey Jernigan: American Studies
Andrew Kahrl: History
Christian McMillen: History
Liz Varon: History
Contributing alumni include:
James Hershman (UVA History Ph.D. 1978)
Scot French (UVA History Ph.D. 2000)
Kristen Graves (UVA 2021, history BA)
Ty’Leik Chambers (UVA 2022, AAS BA)
Edited by
Kirt von Daake: History, American Studies
Andrea Douglass: Alumna-UVA History Ph.D 2001
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