Faculty Collaborator Profile

Claudrena N. Harold

Professor and Chair, History and African American and African Studies

About

In 2007, Harold published her first book, The Rise and Fall of the Garvey Movement in the Urban South, 1918-1942. Her latest monograph is New Negro Politics in the Jim Crow South, which was published by the University of Georgia Press. In 2018, she and Louis Nelson coedited the volume, Charlottesville 2017: The Legacy of Race and Inequity. As a part of her ongoing work on the history of black student activism at UVA, she wrote, produced, and co-directed with Kevin Everson six short films: Sugarcoated Arsenic, Fastest Man in the State, 70 kg, U. Of Virginia, 1976, How Can We Ever Be Late, and We Demand. These films have screened at the National Gallery of Art, the Whitney Museum, and film festivals around the world.

Works

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Symposium: Spirit in the Dark

Symposium: Spirit in the Dark

Commemorating 50 years of James Cone’s groundbreaking book, Black Theology & Black Power.

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Barky’s

Barky’s

Barky's Spiritual Store stands as a testament to the enduring power of gospel music.

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Reid’s Records

Reid’s Records

The impact of gentrification on a Berkeley-based gospel record store.

Response to Aug 2017 Unite the Right Rally in Collected Volume