Black History Month, the “miscegenation” troll, and ballet

Plus: African American Studies [] To ensure delivery of your JSTOR Daily please add daily@jstor.org to your address book. [] Weekly Digest [Web Version](2af10/ct0_0/1?sid=TV2%3AYRgLWp8qE) [] [Black History Month](2af10/ct1_0/1?sid=TV2%3AYRgLWp8qE) [] [Celebrating Black History Month](2af10/ct1_1/1?sid=TV2%3AYRgLWp8qE) [] The Editors [] February marks Black History Month, a month-long observance in the United States and Canada that recognizes the significant contributions of African-Americans to American history, as well as the historical legacies of the African diaspora. We’ve put together a list of stories published by JSTOR Daily that engage with the lives, history, and culture of black people. We hope you’ll find these stories, and the scholarship they include in full, a valuable resource for classroom or leisure reading. [] [Read more](2af10/ct1_2/1?sid=TV2%3AYRgLWp8qE) [] 2af10/ct2_0/1?sid=TV2%3AYRgLWp8qE [] [The “Miscegenation” Troll](2af10/ct2_1/1?sid=TV2%3AYRgLWp8qE) [] By Mark Sussman [] The term “miscegenation” was coined in an 1864 pamphlet by an anonymous author. [Read more...](2af10/ct2_2/1?sid=TV2%3AYRgLWp8qE) [] [] 2af10/ct3_0/1?sid=TV2%3AYRgLWp8qE [] [African American Studies: Foundations and Key Concepts](2af10/ct3_1/1?sid=TV2%3AYRgLWp8qE) [] By Omari Weekes [] This non-exhaustive list of readings in African American Studies highlights the vibrant history of the discipline and introduces the field. [Read more...](2af10/ct3_2/1?sid=TV2%3AYRgLWp8qE) [] [] 2af10/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3AYRgLWp8qE [] [The History of African-American Casting in Ballet](2af10/ct4_1/1?sid=TV2%3AYRgLWp8qE) [] By Jessica Jacolbe [] Ballet has been slow to accept African-American dancers in major companies, and those who make it tend to be offered limited roles. [Read more...](2af10/ct4_2/1?sid=TV2%3AYRgLWp8qE) [] [] 2af10/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3AYRgLWp8qE [] [The Free People of Color of Pre-Civil War New Orleans](2af10/ct5_1/1?sid=TV2%3AYRgLWp8qE) [] By Matthew Wills [] Before American concepts of race took hold in the newly-acquired Louisiana, early 19th-century New Orleans had large population of free people of color. [Read more...](2af10/ct5_2/1?sid=TV2%3AYRgLWp8qE) [] [] 2af10/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3AYRgLWp8qE [] [The Art of Book Covers](2af10/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3AYRgLWp8qE) [] By Public Domain Review [] From Public Domain Review: With the rise of mechanical bookbinding, a totally new artistic space opened up in which illustrators and designers flourished. [Read more...](2af10/ct7_1/1?sid=TV2%3AYRgLWp8qE) [] [] ADVERTISEMENT [] Subscribe to JPASS to enrich your JSTOR Daily reading experience. Starting at $19.50, JPASS gets you even broader access to the JSTOR library. 2,000+ journals are waiting for you on JSTOR. [Sign up here](2af10/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3AYRgLWp8qE).  [] [] Contact Us 101 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10006, USA [daily.jstor.org](2af10/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3AYRgLWp8qE) | daily@jstor.org | [@JSTOR_Daily](2af10/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3AYRgLWp8qE) | [Facebook](2af10/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3AYRgLWp8qE) ©2004-2019 ITHAKA. All Rights Reserved. JSTOR®, the JSTOR logo, and ITHAKA® are registered trademarks of ITHAKA. Interested in advertising with JSTOR Daily? [Contact us](2af10/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3AYRgLWp8qE). If you prefer not to receive email messages from JSTOR Daily in the future, you may [unsubscribe here](2af10/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3AYRgLWp8qE).