Ep 9: American History Unfiltered: Too Raw For Textbooks Vol.1

Race Haven - Solutions Focused Dialogue About Race In America

During this episode, award winning scholar & researcher, Dr. Keri Leigh Merritt discusses how her upbringing as a European American ("white") person in the rural south fueled her desire to study American History as a profession. She takes us into her research about how slavery impacted poor whites, which is a perspective that is missing from American History textbooks. Professionally, Dr. Keri Leigh examines the intersection of class, race, labor, and law in the nineteenth century United States. As a published scholar who regularly presents research at academic conferences, her specialties include African American History, the Civil War and Reconstruction, the American South, Labor History, and the History of Capitalism. She is an expert in historical problems that are very relevant to today's world, including: -Poverty and economic inequality -Unemployment/living wage -Criminal justice and mass incarceration -American race relations