Blair LM Kelley
Joel R. Williamson Distinguished Professor of Southern Studies at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill and author of Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class (2023), specializing in African American history and labor.
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Jan 31, 2026 • 45min
Blair Kelley, "Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class" (LIveright, 2023)
Dr. Blair L.M. Kelley, Joel R. Williamson Distinguished Professor of Southern Studies and author of Black Folk, blends family memoir and archival research. She spotlights laundresses, Pullman porters, domestic and postal workers. Conversations cover how Black labor built institutions, reshaped unions and policy, and forged community and resistance.
