Kabria Baumgartner

Newburyport Black History Initiative

Founded in 2022, the Newburyport Black History Initiative (NBHI) aims to highlight and incorporate Newburyport’s Black history into the public landscape.

2024 Black Excellence on the Hill

On Friday afternoon, March 29, 2024, I was honored as a recipient of the 2024 Black Excellence on the Hill Award at the Massachusetts State House for my public history and community engagement work in Essex County, MA, which includes the Newburyport Black History Initiative, the African Americans in Essex

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Virtual Events in March 2021

I'm doing some virtual events in March. All of these are free and open to the public. Join me if you can!

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2020 Outstanding Book Award

*In Pursuit of Knowledge* wins the 2020 Outstanding Book Award from the History of Education Society.

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In Pursuit of Knowledge

Winner of the 2020 Mary Kelley Book Prize from the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (SHEAR).

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Voting

Enslaved and free Blacks voted for their own representatives in eighteenth-century New England. 150 years later, Black women in New England were fighting for voting rights, too. The struggle continues.

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Accolades

In July 2020, I spoke with Laura Knoy from NHPR's “The Exchange" about my book, In Pursuit of Knowledge (NYU Press, 2019).

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Weighing in on the Statue Controversy

I shared my views on the statue controversy in the United States.

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Recruiting & Retaining Faculty of Color

10+1 suggestions on how to recruit and retain faculty of color

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A is for Activist

Books and films for children related to anti-racism

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Fellowship: Acceptance

Some good professional news

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Second Book Project: Justice, Law, Democracy in a Biography!

Robert Morris, an advocate for justice

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Book Events

Join me at one of my upcoming book events this spring!

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Coupon

There is a 30% discount off the price of my book when purchased directly through the NYU Press website.

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My Book

My book will be published in December 2019! It's available for pre-order now.

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Forten Day

I'll be participating in the Charlotte Forten Day event at Salem State University on March 7th.

Teaching

Time in African American Literature & Culture

This spring 2019, I am teaching an introductory course on time and place in African American literature, culture, and history.

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New Hampshire Public Radio

I gave a radio interview about my forthcoming book, In Pursuit of Knowledge: Black Women and Educational Activism in Antebellum America.

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The Women's Movement

In September 2018, I gave a talk on women artists in early twentieth century Boston, including Gertrude Fiske and Lois Mailou Jones.

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Salem Black Picnic: History & Legacy

I gave a talk in July 2018 at the House of the Seven Gables on the history and legacy of the Salem Black Picnic.

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African Americans in Essex County, MA

I have been awarded a $100,000 grant from the National Park Service and the Organization of American Historians to support the public humanities project, African Americans in Essex County, MA.

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Women's Education circa the 1830s

The Journal of Social History recently published my article.

Teaching

Black New England

This course explores African American life and culture in New England, from the late eighteenth century to the early twentieth century.

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I teach, research, and lecture on topics such as school desegregation, African American women's history, women's activism, antebellum social movements, and public humanities.

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Narratives of Freedom in the Atlantic World

This course explores the literary, social, historical, and political significance of narratives written by enslaved African Americans in the nineteenth century Atlantic world.