Khary Oronde Polk
Biographic Data
| ID | 4858847 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Khary Oronde Polk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Khary Oronde |
| FAMILY NAME | Polk |
| SIGNATURE | POLK K O |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Contagions of Empire
From 1898 onward, the expansion of American militarism and empire abroad increasingly relied on black labor, even as policy remained inflected both by scientific racism and by fears of contagion. Black men and women were mobilized for service in the Spanish-Cuban-American War under the War Department’s belief that southern blacks carried an immunity against tropical diseases. Later, in World Wars I and II, black troops were stigmatized as members…
Malcolm X, Sexual Hearsay, and Masculine Dissemblance
Noting the use of rumor within African American communities as a form of dissemblance, this essay examines the controversial reception of Manning Marable's posthumous biography of Malcolm X, which resuscitates speculation that the slain civil rights icon engaged in sex work with white men during the 1940s. I consider how the denial of these rumors shapes our understanding and memory of Malcolm X while pointedly questioning whether such tools have…
Reviving Oroonoko
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Reviving Oroonoko
Malcolm X, Sexual Hearsay, and Masculine Dissemblance
Noting the use of rumor within African American communities as a form of dissemblance, this essay examines the controversial reception of Manning Marable's posthumous biography of Malcolm X, which resuscitates speculation that the slain civil rights icon engaged in sex work with white men during the 1940s. I consider how the denial of these rumors shapes our understanding and memory of Malcolm X while pointedly questioning whether such tools have…
Contagions of Empire
From 1898 onward, the expansion of American militarism and empire abroad increasingly relied on black labor, even as policy remained inflected both by scientific racism and by fears of contagion. Black men and women were mobilized for service in the Spanish-Cuban-American War under the War Department’s belief that southern blacks carried an immunity against tropical diseases. Later, in World Wars I and II, black troops were stigmatized as members…
History (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Race, History, and American Society (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · African americans (1 works) · Agency (philosophy) (1 works) · American Political and Social Dynamics (1 works) · Ancient history (1 works)