Barbara Ransby, PhD
Professor
Gender and Women's Studies; Black Studies; History
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Contact
Building & Room:
1228 UH
Address:
601 S Morgan St.
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About
Barbara Ransby is an historian, writer, and longtime political activist. Ransby has published dozens of articles and essays in popular and scholarly venues. She is most notably the author of an award-winning biography of civil rights activist Ella Baker, entitled Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision, (University of North Carolina, 2003). Barbara is currently working on two major research projects: a study of African American feminist organizations in the 1970s, and a political biography of Eslanda Cardozo Goode Robeson. She serves on the editorial board of the London-based journal, Race and Class, and a number of non-profit civic and media organizations.
Selected Publications
Education
PhD, History - University of Michigan
MA, History - University of Michigan
BA, History - Columbia University