In Pursuit of Knowledge

Winner of the 2020 Mary Kelley Prize from the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (SHEAR)
"It is a moment for activism, and one for thinking about activism historically in all of its forms. Kabria Baumgartner’s excellent, powerful book helps us do just that, offering a fresh perspective on struggles for school desegregation in the antebellum northeast." – SHEAR Book Prize Committee
Winner of the 2020 History of Education Society Outstanding Book Award
Recent Media
Click on the links below to watch one of my lectures, listen to my podcast interview, or read my op-ed.
In this month's NEPC Talks Education podcast, @_cmsaldana interviews @UofNH professor Kabria Baumgartner about her book, In Pursuit of Knowledge: Black Women and Educational Activism in Antebellum America https://t.co/8eTze4mMr2
— NEPC (@NEPCtweet) February 18, 2021