Books by BMRC Fellows
![Book cover, "The Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education, 1965–1972"](/media/images/Item_29_Ibram_Kendi_-_The_Black_Campus_Movement.original.jpg)
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Ibram Kendi
The Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education, 1965–1972
Palgrave-Macmillian, 2012
2011 BMRC Fellow
![Book cover, "Everybody Else: Adoption and the Politics of Domestic Diversity in Postwar America"](/media/images/Item_31_Sarah_Potter_-_Everybody_Else.original.jpg)
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Sarah Potter
Everybody Else: Adoption and the Politics of Domestic Diversity in Postwar America
University of Georgia Press, 2014
2009 BMRC Fellow
![Book cover, "The Life and Death of Gus Reed: A Story of Race and Justice in Illinois during the Civil War and Reconstruction"](/media/images/Item_32_Thomas_Bahde_-_The_Life_and_Death_of_Gu.original.jpg)
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Thomas Bahde
The Life and Death of Gus Reed: A Story of Race and Justice in Illinois during the Civil War and Reconstruction
Ohio University Press, 2014
2010 BMRC Fellow
![Book cover, "Letters from Congo: Poems"](/media/images/Item_37_Danielle_Legros_Georges_-_Letters_from_.original.jpg)
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Danielle Legros Georges
Letters from Congo: Poems
Central Square Press, 2017
2013 BMRC Fellow
![Book cover, "Black Public History in Chicago: Civil Rights Activism from World War II into the Cold War"](/media/images/Item_38_Ian_Rocksborough-Smith_-_Black_Public_H.original.jpg)
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Ian Rocksborough-Smith
Black Public History in Chicago: Civil Rights Activism from World War II into the Cold War
University of Illinois Press, 2018
2012 BMRC Fellow
![Book cover, "Violent Disruptions: American Imaginations of Racial Anxiety in William Faulkner and Richard Wright"](/media/images/Item_39_Linda_Chavers_-_Violent_Disruptions.original.jpg)
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Linda Chavers
Violent Disruptions: American Imaginations of Racial Anxiety in William Faulkner and Richard Wright
Peter Lang Publishers, 2018
2013 BMRC Fellow
![Book cover, "Burgers in Blackface: Anti-Black Restaurants Then and Now"](/media/images/Item_45_Naa_Oyo_A._Kwate_-_Burgers_in_Blackface.original.jpg)
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Naa Oyo A. Kwate
Burgers in Blackface: Anti-Black Restaurants Then and Now
University of Minnesota Press, 2019
2016 BMRC Fellow
![Book cover, "The Merchant Prince of Black Chicago: Anthony Overton and the Building of a Financial Empire"](/media/images/Item_46_Robert_Weems_-_The_Merchant_Prince_of_B.original.jpg)
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Robert Weems
The Merchant Prince of Black Chicago: Anthony Overton and the Building of a Financial Empire
University of Illinois Press, 2020
2010 BMRC Fellow