Martha S. Jones
@marthasjones_
Writer | Historian | Lapsed Lawyer | Prof @johnshopkins | Author Birthright Citizens, Vanguard, The Trouble of Color | [email protected]
Opinion | The fight for birthright citizenship started with these Black Americans msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-… via @msnbc
Historical context for the Friday Supreme Court opinion on birthright citizenship, utilizing the work of @marthasjones_ @katemasur History Teaches . . . A Birthright Won in Struggle open.substack.com/pub/feliciakor…
THEE thinker I wanted to see more on this from… I’m always grateful for Martha S. Jones!
I had something to say: “The fight for birthright citizenship started with these Black Americans We have endured years, decades, even centuries of confusion about citizenship.” msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-… via @MSNBC
A poignant piece by @marthasjones_. With an important reminder of the long historical battle for birthright citizenship in the aftermath of yesterday’s ruling from SCOTUS. msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-…
"Early American lawmakers failed Black Americans, leaving them to make families, lives and communities in the face of profound uncertainty." The fight for birthright citizenship started with these Black Americans | @marthasjones_ | @MSNBC msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-…
.@marthasjones_: "By some accounts, we are five months into this era of uncertainty regarding citizenship. But we have endured years, decades, even centuries of confusion about citizenship." msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-… #UnitedStates
WYPR’s Sheilah Kast and I have been talking about books for a long time now. Grateful to her and On the Record for this chance to talk about The Trouble of Color! And please support your local NPR station. wypr.org/show/on-the-re…
"Passing to me still invokes those who crossed over and never looked back. I wish I had another word for those who, like Fannie, moved back and forth as a matter of circumstance but never abandoned their Blackness." -- @marthasjones_ | @BlkPerspectives aaihs.org/the-trouble-of…
Thanks to Baltimore Magazine: The Trouble of Color is a best of 2025!
The Trouble of Color: An Interview with Martha S. Jones - AAIHS aaihs.org/the-trouble-of…
📚Today on Black Perspectives, Robert Greene II interviews Martha S. Jones about her new book, 'The Trouble of Color' (@BasicBooks). "I wrote 'The Trouble of Color' while searching not for intellectual truths but for truths of the heart and of the soul." aaihs.org/the-trouble-of…
Day 3. Martha Jones. Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America. Day 3. Mae Ngai. Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America.
“Read Birthright Citizens” by Martha S. Jones. Black people and all people - this is our fight.
The Supreme Court is in favor of letting Trump start implementing the End of Birthright Citizenship. What are your thoughts?
THE MIXED MARRIAGE PROJECT tells my story of growing up in an interracial family in 1960s Chicago & later reckoning with my late father’s interviews with hundreds of Black-white couples spanning nearly a century. Today & tomorrow pre-orders are 25% off from Barnes & Noble. 🔥🙏🏾
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I wrote about discovering my grandmother’s hair in Harvard’s Peabody Museum in The Trouble of Color. It still haunts me. I salute Tamara Lanier who persisted in her quest to win control of her ancestor’s images from the same museum — and prevailed! nytimes.com/2025/05/28/har…
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Happy for The Trouble of Color to be in such great company. The best memoirs make the best summer reading! bookpage.com/tag-page/best-…
Read @marthasjones_ " Birthright Citizens " ( 2018 ) . Also follow Tad Stoemer on Instagram . instagram.com/reel/DLhTFpZIu…