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Martha S. Jones

Martha S. Jones

Who We Mourn When We Mourn Dr. King: Remembering the Women Who Raised Us

I remember where I was when I learned that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had been killed. I was sitting cross-legged on the floor in the den…

4 min readApr 5, 2018

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Who We Mourn When We Mourn Dr. King: Remembering the Women Who Raised Us

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Martha S. Jones

Dr. King Visits Bennett College: Finding the Black Women Journalists Behind Our Stories; 1958 …

4 min readJan 15, 2018

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Dr. King Visits Bennett College: Finding the Black Women Journalists Behind Our Stories; 1958 …

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Martha S. Jones

Truth (My Truth) About Sex, Power and Unwelcome Encounters

I hear truth in recent allegations against Harvey Weinstein. Just as I had in those against Bill Cosby. This sort of truth we know from…

4 min readOct 16, 2017

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Before Frederick Douglass: William Watkins Speaks for Black Americans on Independence Day.

I live to see another Anniversary of American Independence, a day peculiarly dear to the white inhabitant of the U. States, and one by no…

3 min readJul 4, 2017

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Before Frederick Douglass: William Watkins Speaks for Black Americans on Independence Day.

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Martha S. Jones

Belle-mère Means Mother-in-Law: Managing Loss and Love Across a Jagged Color Line

After my mother’s death, I learned again how it feels to be loved as someone’s child. But it was not an easy lesson.

6 min readMay 14, 2017

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Ava DuVernay’s 13th: It’s About Hope, Not History

Before you sit down to watch 13th, director Ava DuVernay’s new film about mass incarceration, take off your historian’s hat. This is no…

4 min readOct 31, 2016

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Ava DuVernay’s 13th: It’s About Hope, Not History

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Martha S. Jones

Martha S. Jones

I am the Society of Black Alumni Presidential Professor, Professor of History & the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University. I direct Hard Histories.

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