Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor

Associate Professor of History at Smith College, Expert on The History of Race, Citizenship & Slavery

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Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor Biography

Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor specializes in 19th-century U.S. history and race. Her first book, Colored Travelers: Mobility and the Fight for Citizenship before the Civil War, is a social history of black activists who, long before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus, fought against segregation on public vehicles. Pryor argues that their protest elevated the cars, compartments and cabins of public transportation to the frontlines for the battle over equal rights in the 19th century. Her essay, “The Etymology of [the n-word]: Resistance, Language, and the Politics of Freedom in the Antebellum North,” won the Ralph D. Gray Prize for the best article of 2016 in the Journal of the Early Republic. Her next project, inspired by the article as well as her teaching at Smith College, is a historical and pedagogical study of the n-word framed, in part, by her experience as a biracial woman in the United States.

In the classroom, Pryor is interested in questions of citizenship, race and racism and the history of U.S. slavery, looking carefully at how enslaved people's histories are remembered and who remembers them. Her classes are designed to help students make connections between the anti-blackness of the past and in the present. She is a recipient of a 2011 student-government teaching award and, in 2016, the Sherrerd Prize for Distinguished Teaching at Smith.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 08/14/2024.

Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor Videos

  • The N-Word in the Classroom | Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor | TEDx
    Centered around one of the most divisive words in the English language, this talk highlights the way in which the N-word presents itself, and is...
  • History of Blackface with Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor | Connecting Point
    Blackface is in the news lately, with former Today Show host Megyn Kelly justifying its use. The National Museum of African American History and...
  • Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor on Teaching Racist Language | Connecting Point
    Ethnic slurs are something that many people are taught are wrong, but few know the meaning of these words and why they are hurtful. Smith College...

Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor Books

  • Colored Travelers: Mobility and the Fight for Citizenship before the Civil War (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture)
    Colored Travelers: Mobility and the Fight for Citizenship before the Civil War (The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture)

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