Research and Teaching Interests:
African-American History; Nineteenth-Century Southern African-American Communities; Civil War and Reconstruction. Personal Statement:
My graduate teaching interests focus on the Civil War and Reconstruction periods, with special emphasis on the African-American experience. The subjects covered in the Studies in African-American History course will vary. Topics currently planned include: The Civil Rights and Black Power Movement; African-American Historiography; and African and African-American Political Thinkers of the Twentieth Century. My current research focuses on the African-American community in Charleston, South Carolina during Reconstruction. Unlike most studies which deal with the Reconstruction period, my work argues that African-Americans were active players, not passive objects. Despite white racism, oppression and discrimination, African-Americans undertook numerous initiatives to improve their condition.
Representative Publications:
"Jessie Fauset: A Modern Apostle of Black Racial Pride," Zora Neale Hurston Forum (1986).
Seizing the New Day: African Americans in Post-Civil War Charleston (1998).
Climbing Up to Glory: A Short History of African Americans During the Civil War and Reconstruction (2002)
Notes:
Professor`Jenkins was a recipient of the Cheikh Anta Diop Award for Outstanding Faculty Scholarship and Service in African and African-American Studies in 1991. Recipient of the 1997 Dr. Rocco Carzo, Jr. Award for Excellence in Teaching, Temple University Golden Key National Honor Society.
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