Audrey Thomas McCluskey explained
Audrey Thomas McCluskey is an American writer and professor emeriti. She is an alumna of Indiana University where she was an African-American and African Diaspora Studies professor.[1]
She received a B.A. magna cum laude from Clark Atlanta University, an M.A. in African Studies, from Howard University, and a Ph.D. in Historical and Comparative Education from Indiana University.[1]
She wrote the book Forgotten Sisterhood about four influential female African American educators in the South.[2] She was interviewed by a National Park Service Ranger about her research and books on Mary McLeod Bethune.[3] She edited a book of interviews with South African filmmakers.[4] She has also written articles and book reviews.[5]
She was a panelist in the City of Bloomington, Indiana's "Women of Color in the Workplace" Roundtable Discussion. She was a guest on WFHB's "Bring It On". She spoke about her book Imaging Blackness: Race and Racial Representation in Film Poster Art at the NMBCC Library's 10th annual Library Evening Extravanza.[6] She reviewed Black Women in the Ivory Tower, 1850-1954: An Intellectual History by Stephanie Y. Evans.[7]
Writings
- “Mary McLeod Bethune and the Education of Black Girls in the South, 1904–1923”, Ph.D. dissertation, Indiana University (1991)
- Mary McLeod Bethune: Building a Better World, Essays and selected documents co-edited with Elaine M. Smith Indiana University Press (1999)[8] [9]
- Imaging Blackness: Race And Racial Representation in Film Poster Art (2007)
- Richard Pryor: The Life and Legend of a ‘Crazy’ Black Man (2008)
- The Devil You Dance With; Film Culture in the New South Africa, editor and introduction, University of Illinois Press (2010)[4] [10] [11]
- A Forgotten Sisterhood; Pioneering Black Women Educators and Activists in the Jim Crow South (2014)[12] [13]
Articles
Notes and References
- Web site: Audrey McCluskey. African American and African Diaspora Studies.
- A Forgotten Sisterhood: Pioneering Black Women Educators and Activists in the Jim Crow South by Audrey Thomas McCluskey (review). Mary Ellen. Pethel. March 30, 2016. Journal of Southern History. 82. 1. 190–191. Project MUSE. 10.1353/soh.2016.0070. 159610628 .
- Web site: Mary McLeod Bethune and her Network of Women Activists - Part One. March 24, 2021. www.nps.gov.
- Web site: UI Press | Edited and with an Introduction by Audrey Thomas McCluskey | The Devil You Dance With. Audrey. McCluskey. www.press.uillinois.edu.
- Web site: Audrey MCCLUSKEY | Ph D | Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana | IUB | Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies | Research profile.
- https://aaads.indiana.edu/documents/newsletters/AprilMay07.pdf
- Web site: McCluskey on Evans, 'Black Women in the Ivory Tower, 1850-1954: An Intellectual History' | H-SAWH | H-Net. networks.h-net.org.
- Reviewed work: Mary McLeod Bethune: Building a Better World, Audrey Thomas McCluskey, Elaine M. Smith; Breaking the Ice: The Story of Mary Ann Shadd, Sylvia Sweeney . 4316907 . Cognard-Black . Jennifer . NWSA Journal . 2002 . 14 . 2 . 207–211 .
- Web site: Florida Memory • In Her Own Words: Remarkable Women in 20th-Century Florida.
- Book: The Devil You Dance with: Film Culture in the New South Africa . 9780252033865 . McCluskey . Audrey . 18 March 2009 . University of Illinois Press .
- Web site: The Devil You Dance with: Film Culture in the New South Africa .
- Book: A Forgotten Sisterhood: Pioneering Black Women Educators and Activists in the Jim Crow South . 9781442211407 . McCluskey . Audrey Thomas . 30 October 2014 . Rowman & Littlefield .
- 10.33972/jhs.143 . A Forgotten Sisterhood: Pioneering Black Women Educators and Activists in the Jim Crow South by Audrey Thomas McCluskey (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2014. 181 pp. $40.00, ISBN 978-1-4422-1138-4.) . 2016 . Williams . Doretha K. . Journal of Hate Studies . 13 . 199–201 . free .
- Ringing Up A School: Mary McLeod Bethune's Impact on Daytona. Audrey. McCluskey. March 15, 2022. Florida Historical Quarterly. 73. 2.
