Just Cincinnati Black History: Dr. Nikki M. Taylor, Howard University

Dr. Nikki M. Taylor, Professor of History and Chair of the Department at Howard University, specializes in 19th century African American History. In this episode, Kyle Vath and Stephen Byers talk with her about her book, Frontiers of Freedom: Cincinnati's Black Community 1802-68 (2005) (https://www.ohioswallow.com/book/Frontiers+of+Freedom)

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 Wikipedia Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikki_M._Taylor

Professional Profile: https://profiles.howard.edu/profile/48706/drnikki-m-taylor

 Books:

Frontiers of Freedom: Cincinnati's Black Community 1802-68 (2005): https://www.ohioswallow.com/book/Frontiers+of+Freedom 

America's First Black Socialist: The Radical Life of Peter H. Clark (2013): https://www.amazon.com/Americas-First-Black-Socialist-Radical/dp/0813140773 

Driven Toward Madness: The Fugitive Slave Margaret Garner and Tragedy on the Ohio (2016): https://www.amazon.com/Driven-toward-Madness-Approaches-Midwestern/dp/0821421603

Brooding Over Bloody Revenge: Enslaved Women, Wild Justice, and Lethal Resistance to Slavery [In Progress]. The manuscript examines enslaved women who used lethal violence to resist slavery from the colonial to antebellum eras, challenging all previous interpretations about the nature of their resistance.

Dr. Taylor mentioned the work of Dr. Carolette R. Norwood who is working on present-day sociology in Cincinnati: https://researchdirectory.uc.edu/p/norwoocr
Photo Credit: Howard University
Music Credit: Kim Taylor - https://www.kim-taylor.net/