{"id":2583,"date":"2018-08-29T15:17:11","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T19:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/africana\/?p=2583"},"modified":"2018-08-29T16:01:30","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T20:01:30","slug":"birthright-citizens-a-history-of-race-and-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/africana\/2018\/08\/29\/birthright-citizens-a-history-of-race-and-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/history.jhu.edu\/directory\/martha-jones\/\">Martha S. Jones<\/a>\u00a0for the recent publication of her new book <em>Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Birthright Citizens<\/em> tells how African American activists radically transformed the terms of citizenship for all Americans.<\/p>\n<p>According to Professor Jones: &#8220;I am a writer, commentator, researcher, and historian. Writing is my first passion, from the sustained task of a book chapter to a brief thought on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marthasjones_?lang=en\">Twitter<\/a>. You will find in all my work the coming together of race, gender, law, and history. This is certainly true in my\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/marthasjones.com\/publications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scholarship<\/a>. There is still so much to know\u00a0about the African American past and I bring this to light by exploring race and legal culture. It is also true for my\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/marthasjones.com\/commentary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">commentary<\/a>, where I use the past to illuminate the present. I do not often endorse historical analogies, but I do think that the past offers cautionary tales for today. These days I am trying my hand at something new,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/marthasjones.com\/creative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">creative projects<\/a>\u00a0that explore my family\u2019s experience with mixed-race identity over two centuries and many generations. All of this work is possible only because I am surrounded by creative and challenging colleagues and students. To say that I teach African American history does not capture\u00a0the richness of my work milieu. For me, the university is an exciting laboratory out of which my best projects emerge.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Professor Martha S. Jones\u00a0for the recent publication of her new book Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights. 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