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A black historian is no longer employed at Tufts University after it was revealed that her prize-winning book cited sources that didn\u2019t exist.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Initial reviews praised Kerri K. Greenidge\u2019s book \u2014 titled \u201cThe Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery In An American Family\u201d \u2014 for her focus on the slaveholding Grimke brother fathering children with an enslaved woman. Previous histories had focused more on the Grimke sisters \u2014 Sarah and Angelina \u2014 who had rejected their heritage and become prominent abolitionists, also championing women\u2019s rights.<\/span><\/p>\n

The book retold the story through the sisters\u2019 biracial nephews, citing letters from the University of Michigan\u2019s archive that apparently are not there. But when Greenidge was confronted with that information, she suggested that her work was only under scrutiny because she was black.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI am heartbroken that a field I have given my life to can treat me this way,\u201d Greenidge said in an interview on Friday. \u201cThe attack on black women academics is real.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

She claimed she has never fabricated anything, but admitted some citations could be misattributed. \u201cAre there citations that were misattributed? Probably.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Myra C. Glenn, a retired professor of American history at Elmira College, <\/span>first<\/span> raised concerns about the book\u2019s credibility in a March 2024 review. \u201cAll too often Greenidge lacks the evidence to substantiate many of her major claims. Her work is also riddled with factual errors and repeatedly omits needed endnotes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Glenn <\/span>alleges<\/span> that Greenidge negatively portrayed the two abolitionist sisters as being \u201calternately cruel and relentlessly judgmental\u201d toward their bi-racial nephews without evidence. Glenn argues the negative portrayal of the sisters ultimately \u201cserves a larger purpose\u201d by laying the foundation for the book\u2019s central narrative.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Another allegation claims Greenidge fabricated a dramatic scene by writing that the Grimk\u00e9 sisters \u201cled thousands of antislavery women through prayer\u201d and helped them escape the burning Pennsylvania Hall during an anti-abolitionist mob attack in 1838. Glenn said that numerous sources had previously documented that no one was in the building as it burned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After Glenn expressed her doubts, other scholars followed. The book, labeled one of the 10 best books of 2022 from Publishers Weekly, is no longer listed on Greenidge\u2019s author page. Patrick Collins, a spokesman for Tufts University, told the New York Times that Greenidge was no longer employed by the university on Thursday. While the email did not specify whether Greenidge left the university or was terminated, Collins said the university had recently become aware that the book \u201ccontained multiple errors of fact and failed to give appropriate credit to the work of another.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Like Collins, Greenidge declined to detail the nature of her departure but did criticize Tufts\u2019 peer review panel. Greenidge claimed two of the panelists were hostile toward black women in academics and that the university\u2019s review was prompted by a white female scholar. Greenidge said that she plans to get a restraining order against that woman. <\/span><\/p>\n

Collins responded saying, \u201cThe independent review by outside experts in the field was fair, fact-based, thorough, and objective. We stand by the review and strongly deny any allegations of bias.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Problems with Greenidge\u2019s \u201cThe Grimkes\u201d ultimately led to questions about her book \u201cBlack Radical.\u201d Stephen Fox, a historian who wrote a book on the same story, said, \u201cIt seems well done, except when you look at the footnotes. I started to think maybe it wasn\u2019t just sloppy,\u201d before adding \u201cI think it\u2019s something deeper.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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A black historian is no longer employed at Tufts University after it was revealed that her prize-winning book cited sources that didn\u2019t exist.\u00a0Initial reviews praised Kerri K. Greenidge\u2019s book \u2014 titled \u201cThe Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery In An American Family\u201d \u2014 for her focus on the slaveholding Grimke brother fathering children with an enslaved woman. Previous histories had focused more on the Grimke sisters \u2014 Sarah and Angelina \u2014 who had rejected their heritage and become prominent abolitionists, also championing women\u2019s rights.The book retold the story through the sisters\u2019 biracial nephews, citing letters from the University of Michigan\u2019s archive that apparently are not there. But when Greenidge was confronted with that information, she suggested that her work was only under scrutiny because she was black.\u201cI am heartbroken that a field I have given my life to can treat me this way,\u201d Greenidge said in an interview on Friday. \u201cThe attack on black women academics is real.\u201dShe claimed she has never fabricated anything, but admitted some citations could be misattributed. \u201cAre there citations that were misattributed? Probably.\u201d\u00a0Myra C. Glenn, a retired professor of American history at Elmira College, first raised concerns about the book\u2019s credibility in a March 2024 review. \u201cAll too often Greenidge lacks the evidence to substantiate many of her major claims. Her work is also riddled with factual errors and repeatedly omits needed endnotes.\u201dGlenn alleges that Greenidge negatively portrayed the two abolitionist sisters as being \u201calternately cruel and relentlessly judgmental\u201d toward their bi-racial nephews without evidence. Glenn argues the negative portrayal of the sisters ultimately \u201cserves a larger purpose\u201d by laying the foundation for the book\u2019s central narrative.\u00a0Another allegation claims Greenidge fabricated a dramatic scene by writing that the Grimk\u00e9 sisters \u201cled thousands of antislavery women through prayer\u201d and helped them escape the burning Pennsylvania Hall during an anti-abolitionist mob attack in 1838. Glenn said that numerous sources had previously documented that no one was in the building as it burned.\u00a0After Glenn expressed her doubts, other scholars followed. The book, labeled one of the 10 best books of 2022 from Publishers Weekly, is no longer listed on Greenidge\u2019s author page. Patrick Collins, a spokesman for Tufts University, told the New York Times that Greenidge was no longer employed by the university on Thursday. While the email did not specify whether Greenidge left the university or was terminated, Collins said the university had recently become aware that the book \u201ccontained multiple errors of fact and failed to give appropriate credit to the work of another.\u201d\u00a0Like Collins, Greenidge declined to detail the nature of her departure but did criticize Tufts\u2019 peer review panel. Greenidge claimed two of the panelists were hostile toward black women in academics and that the university\u2019s review was prompted by a white female scholar. Greenidge said that she plans to get a restraining order against that woman. Collins responded saying, \u201cThe independent review by outside experts in the field was fair, fact-based, thorough, and objective. We stand by the review and strongly deny any allegations of bias.\u201dProblems with Greenidge\u2019s \u201cThe Grimkes\u201d ultimately led to questions about her book \u201cBlack Radical.\u201d Stephen Fox, a historian who wrote a book on the same story, said, \u201cIt seems well done, except when you look at the footnotes. I started to think maybe it wasn\u2019t just sloppy,\u201d before adding \u201cI think it\u2019s something deeper.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"\nBlack Historian Cries Racism After Scholars Call Out Fabricated Citations - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=1232\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Black Historian Cries Racism After Scholars Call Out Fabricated Citations - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A black historian is no longer employed at Tufts University after it was revealed that her prize-winning book cited sources that didn\u2019t exist.\u00a0Initial reviews praised Kerri K. 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But when Greenidge was confronted with that information, she suggested that her work was only under scrutiny because she was black.\u201cI am heartbroken that a field I have given my life to can treat me this way,\u201d Greenidge said in an interview on Friday. \u201cThe attack on black women academics is real.\u201dShe claimed she has never fabricated anything, but admitted some citations could be misattributed. \u201cAre there citations that were misattributed? Probably.\u201d\u00a0Myra C. Glenn, a retired professor of American history at Elmira College, first raised concerns about the book\u2019s credibility in a March 2024 review. \u201cAll too often Greenidge lacks the evidence to substantiate many of her major claims. 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Her work is also riddled with factual errors and repeatedly omits needed endnotes.\u201dGlenn alleges that Greenidge negatively portrayed the two abolitionist sisters as being \u201calternately cruel and relentlessly judgmental\u201d toward their bi-racial nephews without evidence. Glenn argues the negative portrayal of the sisters ultimately \u201cserves a larger purpose\u201d by laying the foundation for the book\u2019s central narrative.\u00a0Another allegation claims Greenidge fabricated a dramatic scene by writing that the Grimk\u00e9 sisters \u201cled thousands of antislavery women through prayer\u201d and helped them escape the burning Pennsylvania Hall during an anti-abolitionist mob attack in 1838. Glenn said that numerous sources had previously documented that no one was in the building as it burned.\u00a0After Glenn expressed her doubts, other scholars followed. 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