Barbara Ransby

Barbara Ransby (born May 12, 1957) is a writer, historian, professor, and activist.[2][3] She is an elected fellow of the Society of American Historians,[4][5] and holds the John D. MacArthur Chair at the University of Illinois at Chicago.[6]

Barbara Ransby
Born (1957-05-12) May 12, 1957
OccupationAcademic
Spouse(s)Peter Sporn[1]
Academic background
EducationColumbia University (BA)
University of Michigan (MA)
University of Michigan (PhD)
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Illinois at Chicago

Ransby attended Columbia University, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1984, and completed her master's degree and PhD at the University of Michigan.[3] In 1996, she joined the faculty of University of Illinois at Chicago, where she is professor of African-American studies and Gender and Women's Studies at the university.[7][4] Ransby was elected president of the National Women's Studies Association for a two-year term, which began in November 2016.[8][9] She is an historian of the Movement for Black Lives.[10]

Ransby's academic work has featured biographies of 20th-century black women activists Ella Baker and Eslanda Robeson. In contemporary politics, she has been executive director of a non-profit organization.[1][11] She has also been a reliable supporter of BYP100, an activist nonprofit in which her daughter Asha Rosa Ransby-Sporn plays a prominent role.[12]

Selected works

Books
  • Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision (2003, UNC Press)[13][14][15][16][17][18]
  • Eslanda: The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson (2013, Yale Press)[19][20][21]
  • Making All Black Lives Matter: Reimagining Freedom in the Twenty-First Century (2018, University of California Press)[22][23]

Articles
  • "Suffocate Black Women Voices" (1991)

References
  1. Keller, Julia (23 March 2005). "The activist academic". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  2. "Barbara Ransby | The HistoryMakers". www.thehistorymakers.org. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  3. "Barbara Ransby". aast.uic.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  4. "UIC professor named to Society of American Historians". Associated Press. 2020-05-31. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  5. "Newly Elected Fellows of The Society of American Historians". Society of American Historians. April 30, 2020.
  6. Rockett, Darcel (2020-10-28). "UIC historian Barbara Ransby wants to change the world, and now is her moment". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  7. "Barbara Ransby". gws.uic.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  8. "Barbara Ransby Elected President of the National Women's Studies Association". The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  9. "Professor Barbara Ransby Elected President of The National Women's Studies Association (NWSA)". aast.uic.edu. 2016-11-23. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  10. Belsha, Kalyn (2016-07-19). "Black Lives Matter builds on history of black organizing". Chicago Reporter. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  11. Barbara Ransby [@BarbaraRansby] (21 August 2020). "I echo @CornelWest on @democracynow - we have to vote the Dem ticket but we do not have to lie about what we are up against. The illusion of inclusion is not fooling progressive forces. Vote 4 Biden is an anti-fascist vote. Much to do after Nov 4. @Mvmnt4BlkLives @BenJealous" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. "Asha Rosa Ransby-Sporn". In These Times. The Institute for Public Affairs. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  13. Clarke, Cheryl (September 2006). "Book ReviewElla Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision. By Barbara Ransby. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2003". Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. 32 (1): 283–285. doi:10.1086/505545. ISSN 0097-9740.
  14. Payne, Charles; Ransby, Barbara (2004). "Review of Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement. A Radical Democratic Vision, RansbyBarbara". Southern Cultures. 10 (3): 106–108. doi:10.1353/scu.2004.0038. JSTOR 26390902.
  15. Esty, Amos (2003). "Review of Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision". The North Carolina Historical Review. 80 (4): 503–504. JSTOR 23522864.
  16. Tate, Gayle T. (January 2004). "Barbara Ransby, Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision". The Journal of African American History. 89 (1): 80–82. doi:10.2307/4134048. ISSN 1548-1867. JSTOR 4134048.
  17. Fleming, Cynthia Griggs (2004). "Review of Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision". The Journal of Southern History. 70 (4): 966–967. doi:10.2307/27648630. JSTOR 27648630.
  18. Nasstrom, Kathryn L. (2004-09-01). "Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision. By Barbara Ransby. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2003. xxii, 470 pp. $34.95, ISBN 0-8078-2778-9.)". Journal of American History. 91 (2): 708. doi:10.2307/3660840. ISSN 0021-8723. JSTOR 3660840.
  19. Leighton, Jared (2014). "Review of ESLANDA: The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson". American Studies. 53 (3): 108–109. doi:10.1353/ams.2014.0129. JSTOR 24589684.
  20. Washington, Mary Helen (2013). Ransby, Barbara (ed.). "Not Just the Wife of Her Husband". The Women's Review of Books. 30 (5): 3–5. JSTOR 24430489.
  21. Maurel, Chloé (2014). "Review of Eslanda : The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson". Vingtième Siècle. Revue d'Histoire (123): 250–251. JSTOR 24673925.
  22. "Nonfiction Book Review: Making All Black Lives Matter: Reimagining Freedom in the 21st Century by Barbara Ransby. Univ. of California". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  23. SANDERS, JOSHUNDA (July 30, 2018). "Five Years In, Hearing the Voices of Black Lives Matter". Village Voice. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
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