Her books include: The History of White People Creating Black Americans: African American History and Its Meanings, 1619 to the Present Southern History Across the Color Line Sojourner Truth, A Life, A Symbol The Narrative of Hosea Hudson: His Life as a Negro Communist in the South and Exodusters: Black Migration to Kansas After Reconstruction. Her most recent book, Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over, reflects on her return to school to earn a BFA and MFA in painting, asking questions about how women and artists are seen and judged by their age, looks, and race, how we define what "an artist" is, and how these ideas are tied to our shared conceptions of beauty, value, and difference.ĭr. Nell Irvin Painter is the Edwards Professor of American History, Emerita, Princeton University. Nell Irvin Painter's Distinguished Lecture in History & Literature will take place on Thursday, October 17 at 6 pm in Barker 110.
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