Participant Info
- First Name
- Koritha
- Last Name
- Mitchell
- Country
- United States
- State
- OH Ohio
- kamitche@gmail.com
- Affiliation
- Ohio State University
- Website URL
- http://www.korithamitchell.com
- Keywords
- African American history, cultural history, literary history, Black women, Black feminism, LGBTQ, violence, literature, art, drama, performance
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
Koritha Mitchell is author of the new book From Slave Cabins to the White House: Homemade Citizenship in African American Culture and the award-winning book Living with Lynching: African American Lynching Plays, Performance, and Citizenship, 1890 – 1930. She is also editor of the Broadview Edition of Frances Harper’s 1892 novel Iola Leroy. Her commentary has appeared in outlets such as CNN, Good Morning America, The Huffington Post, NBC News, PBS Newshour, and NPR’s Morning Edition. She was also the founding ambassador for the Columbus, Ohio, chapter of Black Girls RUN!, a national organization encouraging African American women to make fitness and healthy living a priority.
- Recent Publications
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- @ProfKori
- Country Focus
- United States
- Expertise by Geography
- United States
- Expertise by Chronology
- 19th century, 20th century, 21st century
- Expertise by Topic
- American Civil War, Emancipation, Family, Gender, Literary History, Migration & Immigration, Pedagogy, Race, Sexuality, Sexual Violence, Slavery, Women
