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Dylan C Penningroth

Professor of Law and Alexander F and May T Morrison Professor of History Associate Dean Program in Jurisprudence and Social Policy / Legal Studies

University of California, Berkeley

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College of Letters & Science

Social Sciences

History

School of Law

Dylan C Penningroth is currently serving as a College Of Letters & Science Professor of Law and Alexander F and May T Morrison Professor of History Associate Dean Program in Jurisprudence and Social Policy / Legal Studies at University of California, Berkeley.

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Dylan C Penningroth

University of California, Berkeley

Professor of Law and Alexander F and May T Morrison Professor of History Associate Dean Program in Jurisprudence and Social Policy / Legal Studies

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history african american studies social history american studies african identity sociology colonialism early republic economic history racial discrimination intersectionality human rights historical review ethnic studies anthropology historiography political history citizenship studies interdisciplinary history southern african studies historical sociology indigenous peoples african diaspora black experience intellectual history regional studies global history postcolonial writing nationality transitional justice antipode religious education civil liberties black politics marriage interracial relationships historical analysis population history folklore tradition folklore studies liberty county african americans social claims african-american communities civil war slave emancipation wage labor african american history nineteenth-century south african american property

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

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Before the Movement: Hidden Histories of Black Civil Rights. eYLS (Yale Law School) (2026)

anti-racismsocial historyhistoryafrican american studiescritical race theoryafrican identityamerican studies

Before the Movement. University of Chicago Press (2023)

history of scienceinterdisciplinary historyhistorydancesocial movementssocial changeantipode

Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights. Liveright (2023)

southern african studiesanti-racismsocial historypolitical historyinterdisciplinary historyhistorysociologyhistorical reviewethnic studiespublic historyearly republicafrican american studiescritical race theorysocial justiceraceafrican identityamerican studies

Everyday Use: A History of Civil Rights in Black Churches. SSRN Electronic Journal (2021)

anti-racismsocial historyhistoryphilosophy of religionhuman rightsreligious studiesethnic studiespublic historyreligious educationafrican american studiescritical race theorysocial justicesociology of religionreligionafrican identityreligious researchamerican studies

Litigating Across the Color Line: Civil Cases Between Black and White Southerners From the End of Slavery to Civil Rights. Social History (2019)

anti-racismafrican identitylawracial discriminationhuman rightscitizenship studiesintersectionalitytransitional justiceethnic studiesaffirmative actionearly republicafrican american studiessocial justicesociologyamerican studiescritical race theoryrace

A Nation Within a Nation: Organizing African-American Communities Before the Civil War. Choice Reviews Online (2011)

John Ernest

social historyafrican diasporacolonialismhistoryracial discriminationblack politicsafrican-american communitieshistorical reviewcivil warintersectionalityafrican american studiesblack experiencerace

: Joining Places: Slave Neighborhoods in the Old South.(John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture.). The American Historical Review (2009)

Dylan C. Penningroth

cultureafrican american historyafrican american studiessouthern african studieshistoryhistorical sociologyhistorical reviewurban historycultural historyinterracial relationshipsintersectionalityafrican identitysocial historyafrican diasporacolonialismracial discriminationhistorical analysisblack experienceamerican studies

African American Divorce in Virginia and Washington, D.C., 1865-1930. Journal of Family History (2007)

anti-racismsocial historyhistoryearly republicafrican american studiescritical race theoryamerican studies

The Claims of Slaves and Ex-Slaves to Family and Property: A Transatlantic Comparison. The American Historical Review (2007)

social historyglobal historyafrican identitycolonialismhistorycitizenship studieseconomic historypostcolonial writingpublic historyearly republicafrican american studiescitizenshipsociologynationalitycaribbean studiescritical race theoryamerican studies

The Claims of Kinfolk: African American Property and Community in the Nineteenth-Century South. ScholarWorks@UMassAmherst (University of Massachusetts Amherst) (2006)

Dylan C. PenningrothMartin J. Hardeman

indigenous peoplessocial historycultural historyhistorypopulation historyeconomic historyfolklore traditionurban historyafrican american studiesnineteenth-century southfolklore studiessociologyafrican american property

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Dylan C Penningroth

Professor of Law and Alexander F and May T Morrison Professor of History Associate Dean Program in Jurisprudence and Social Policy / Legal Studies

University of California, Berkeley

Affiliations

College of Letters & Science

Social Sciences

History

School of Law

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Dylan C Penningroth

University of California, Berkeley

Professor of Law and Alexander F and May T Morrison Professor of History Associate Dean Program in Jurisprudence and Social Policy / Legal Studies

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Before the Movement: Hidden Histories of Black Civil Rights. eYLS (Yale Law School) (2026)

anti-racismsocial historyhistoryafrican american studiescritical race theoryafrican identityamerican studies

Before the Movement. University of Chicago Press (2023)

history of scienceinterdisciplinary historyhistorydancesocial movementssocial changeantipode

Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights. Liveright (2023)

Everyday Use: A History of Civil Rights in Black Churches. SSRN Electronic Journal (2021)

Litigating Across the Color Line: Civil Cases Between Black and White Southerners From the End of Slavery to Civil Rights. Social History (2019)

A Nation Within a Nation: Organizing African-American Communities Before the Civil War. Choice Reviews Online (2011)

John Ernest

social historyafrican diasporacolonialismhistoryracial discriminationblack politicsafrican-american communitieshistorical reviewcivil warintersectionalityafrican american studiesblack experiencerace

: Joining Places: Slave Neighborhoods in the Old South.(John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture.). The American Historical Review (2009)

Dylan C. Penningroth

African American Divorce in Virginia and Washington, D.C., 1865-1930. Journal of Family History (2007)

anti-racismsocial historyhistoryearly republicafrican american studiescritical race theoryamerican studies

The Claims of Slaves and Ex-Slaves to Family and Property: A Transatlantic Comparison. The American Historical Review (2007)

The Claims of Kinfolk: African American Property and Community in the Nineteenth-Century South. ScholarWorks@UMassAmherst (University of Massachusetts Amherst) (2006)

Dylan C. PenningrothMartin J. Hardeman

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