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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Peggy Pascoe was the Beekman Professor of Northwest and Pacific History and Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of Oregon, where she taught classes on the history of race, gender, and sexuality and the history of the U.S. West. Her most recent book, What Comes Naturally: Miscegenation Law and the Making of Race is America (Oxford University Press, 2009) won two awards from the Organization of American Historians: the Lawrence Levine Prize for the best book on American cultural history, and the Ellis Hawley Prize for the best book on political economy or American institutions. Dr. Pascoe died in her home in Eugene, Oregon on July 23, 2010. | |||||
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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.