An Online Reference Guide to African American History
Quintard Taylor
Scott and Dorothy Bullitt Professor of American History
University of Washington, Seattle
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Michelle Granshaw is a doctoral student in the School of Drama at the University of Washington. She holds an MA in Theatre and Performance Studies from the University of Maryland and a BA in History as well as Dramatic Literature, Theatre History, and Cinema from New York University. Her research explores nineteenth-century American popular theatre and entertainment, focusing specifically on working-class performance and Irish America. Her work has appeared in the Journal of American Drama and Theatre and Theatre Topics. | |||||
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BlackPast.org is an independent non-profit corporation 501(c)(3). It has no affiliation with the University of Washington. BlackPast.org is supported in part by a grant from Humanities Washington, a state-wide non-profit organization supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the state of Washington, and contributions from individuals and foundations.