Keri Leigh Merritt1
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Keri Leigh Merritt is a historian, writer, activist, and filmmaker from Atlanta, Georgia, frequently giving talks on how history affects modern American racism, politics, and policy.[1]
Life[edit]
Merritt was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi in 1980. She attended public schools in Cobb County, Georgia, going on to earn a B.A. at Emory University in History and Political Science, and a M.A. and Ph.D. in History at the University of Georgia.[2]
Merritt is the author of one book, Masterless Men: Poor Whites and Slavery in the Antebellum South (Cambridge University Press, 2017) which won the 2018 Bennett H. Wall Award from the Southern Historical Association from the 2018 President's Book Award from the Social Science History Association.[3] [4] She is the co-editor of Reconsidering Southern Labor History: Race, Class, and Power with Matthew Hild (University Press of Florida, 2018), which won the 2019 Best Book Award from the United Association of Labor Education, and After Life: Death and Loss in 2020 America, co-edited with Rhae Lynn Barnes and Yohuru Williams
Merritt's work has appeared in Smithsonian Magazine, The Hill, CNN,[3] The Washington Post, Atlanta Journal Constitution,[4] and Bill Moyers and Company.[5][6] She is one of a handful of white scholars who support reparations and works with antiracism research.[7] She has appeared in several TV interviews, and has a recurring role on the Science Channel's most watched show, What on Earth?
Selected Bibliography[edit]
Books[edit]
- Masterless Men: Poor Whites and Slavery in the Antebellum South, (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2017).
- Reconsidering Southern Labor History: Race, Class, and Power, Co-editor, with Matthew Hild (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2018).
- After Life: Death and Loss in 2020 America, co-edited with Rhae Lynn Barnes and Yohuru Williams (New York: Haymarket Books, October 2022).
Articles and Essays[edit]
- “Land and the Roots of African American Poverty,” Aeon magazine, March 11, 2016.
- “‘One Continuous Graveyard’: Emancipation and the Birth of the Professional Police Force,” blog post for the African American Intellectual History Society, July 11, 2016.
- “White Supremacy in the Age of Trump,” Bill Moyers and Company, August 8, 2017.
- “Charlottesville and the Confederate Legacy,” Bill Moyers and Company, August 17, 2017.
- “The Myth of a Southern Democracy,” Bitter Southerner, November 2018.
- “Mississippi Goddam,” Bitter Southerner, December 2018.
- “War Happens in Dark Places, Too,” Contingent Magazine, March 2019.
- “Why We Need a New Civil War Documentary,” Smithsonian Magazine, April 2019.
- “How In-Person Voting Can Save America,” with Nils Gilman, The Hill, October 12, 2020.
- “A Confederate Flag at the Capitol Summons America’s Demons,” with Rhae Lynn Barnes, CNN, January 7, 2021.
- “Jackson Water Crisis Shows Nina Simone Is Still Right about Mississippi,” CNN, March 14, 2021.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Keri Leigh Merritt | HCEO". hceconomics.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
- ↑ Staples, Gracie Bonds; Journal-Constitution, The Atlanta. "Local historian on poverty and privilege". ajc. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Merritt, Opinion by Keri Leigh. "Opinion: Jackson water crisis shows Nina Simone is still right about Mississippi". CNN. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Staples, Gracie Bonds. "Local historian on poverty and privilege". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. ISSN 1539-7459. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
- ↑ "Keri Leigh Merritt". The People's Forum. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- ↑ "Charlottesville and the Confederate Legacy". BillMoyers.com. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
- ↑ "Keri Leigh Merritt, Antibigotry Convening Fellow | Center for Antiracist Research". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
External links[edit]
- “Poor Whites Have Been Written out of History for a Very Political Reason” (jacobinmag.com) August 2019
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