Marcia Chatelain
Biographic Data
| ID | 3959153 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marcia Chatelain |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marcia |
| FAMILY NAME | Chatelain |
| SIGNATURE | CHATELAIN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgetown University |
| ORCID | 0009-0006-5608-6394 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Problem and the Solution
When African-American history is done well, it allows us to see the places where inequality hides. Scholars in the areas of the history of capitalism, African-American history, and urban studies have popularized the language of historical phenomena such as white flight, redlining, and privatization, in the process of explaining the origins of contemporary challenges. A reasonably educated person understands that deindustrialization at mid-century…
Girlhood (It's complicated)
But what about the archive?” I heard this question, and versions of it, throughout my early career when I shared my research topic with other historians. For my dissertation and my first book, South Side Girls: Growing Up in the Great Migration (2015), I wanted to imagine Chicago's Great Migration era from the perspective of African American girls and teenage women. Although the scholarship on the migration has presented the impact of the growth …
Building the Black Metropolis
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, D.C
The Smithsonian Institution's new National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) takes visitors on a spellbinding journey through the African American past and present. Patrons enter the 400,000-square-foot building on the ground floor, directly into Heritage Hall, a vast open space that houses an information desk, gift shop, coat and bag check area, and the Corona Pavilion theater, which shows introductory videos. At the north …
The Miracle of the Golden Arches
“The Miracle of the Golden Arches: Race and Fast Food in Los Angeles” examines the Los Angeles chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and its advocacy on behalf of the city’s black McDonald’s franchisees. The franchisees believed that McDonald’s limited their ability to franchise restaurants outside of predominately black neighborhoods. Analyzing the rhetoric surrounding these disputes, the article argue…
International Sisterhood
After World War II, the Girl Scouts of the United States of America identified international friendship as a key component of its program. In 1957, the Girl Scouts partnered with their international counterparts, the World Association of Girl Guides, to establish Our Cabaña, an international meetinghouse in Cuernavaca, Mexico, where Girl Scouts could meet and befriend fellow members from around the globe. Soon after opening Our Cabaña, leaders no…
The Miracle of the Golden Arches
“The Miracle of the Golden Arches: Race and Fast Food in Los Angeles” examines the Los Angeles chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and its advocacy on behalf of the city’s black McDonald’s franchisees. The franchisees believed that McDonald’s limited their ability to franchise restaurants outside of predominately black neighborhoods. Analyzing the rhetoric surrounding these disputes, the article argue…
International Sisterhood
After World War II, the Girl Scouts of the United States of America identified international friendship as a key component of its program. In 1957, the Girl Scouts partnered with their international counterparts, the World Association of Girl Guides, to establish Our Cabaña, an international meetinghouse in Cuernavaca, Mexico, where Girl Scouts could meet and befriend fellow members from around the globe. Soon after opening Our Cabaña, leaders no…
The Miracle of the Golden Arches
“The Miracle of the Golden Arches: Race and Fast Food in Los Angeles” examines the Los Angeles chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and its advocacy on behalf of the city’s black McDonald’s franchisees. The franchisees believed that McDonald’s limited their ability to franchise restaurants outside of predominately black neighborhoods. Analyzing the rhetoric surrounding these disputes, the article argue…
Building the Black Metropolis
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, D.C
The Smithsonian Institution's new National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) takes visitors on a spellbinding journey through the African American past and present. Patrons enter the 400,000-square-foot building on the ground floor, directly into Heritage Hall, a vast open space that houses an information desk, gift shop, coat and bag check area, and the Corona Pavilion theater, which shows introductory videos. At the north …
Girlhood (It's complicated)
But what about the archive?” I heard this question, and versions of it, throughout my early career when I shared my research topic with other historians. For my dissertation and my first book, South Side Girls: Growing Up in the Great Migration (2015), I wanted to imagine Chicago's Great Migration era from the perspective of African American girls and teenage women. Although the scholarship on the migration has presented the impact of the growth …
The Problem and the Solution
When African-American history is done well, it allows us to see the places where inequality hides. Scholars in the areas of the history of capitalism, African-American history, and urban studies have popularized the language of historical phenomena such as white flight, redlining, and privatization, in the process of explaining the origins of contemporary challenges. A reasonably educated person understands that deindustrialization at mid-century…
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Race, History, and American Society (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works)