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Martha S. Jones is a historian, legal scholar, and public intellectual at Johns Hopkins University, where she teaches in the Department of History and the SNF Agora Institute. She directs the Hard Histories at Hopkins Project, focusing on the university’s ties to slavery and racism. Her memoir The Trouble of Color: An American Family (2025) examines race, colorism, and identity through her family’s history.
Research Interests center on Black America’s political, cultural, and legal history, spanning slavery, citizenship, women’s suffrage, and modern race dynamics. Her work bridges academic rigor with public engagement, often appearing in New York Times, Washington Post, and media outlets like NPR and MSNBC.
- Key Themes: Black women’s activism, genealogy of citizenship, and intersections of race, gender, and law.
- Awards: Multiple book prizes, fellowships from top institutions, and memberships in prestigious historical societies.
Email: msjonz@jhu.edu.
She collaborates with cultural institutions like the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture and contributes to documentaries (Netflix, Arte, PBS). Her academic roots include Columbia University and CUNY School of Law, where she studied under mentors like Eric Foner and Patricia Williams.
