Writing — Kirt von Daacke, Ph.D.

Historian Working in Public

Charlottesville, Virginia

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After Emancipation: Racism & Resistance at the University of Virginia (Co-editor and Contributing author, University of Virginia Press, 2024)

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Redress for Slavery and Racism at Universities — Is the Hard Question Really What to Do About It?

Universities can lead the way in creatively modeling ways to engage in meaningful repair for slavery and racism. (medium.com article published April 12, 2021)

Educated in Tyranny cover.jpg — Educated in Tyranny: Slavery at Thomas Jefferson’s University (contributing author, University of Virginia Press, 2019)

Co-author with Ashley K. Schmidt, “UVA and the History of Race: When the KKK Flourished in Charlottesville,” UVAToday, September 25, 2019 — Co-author with Ashley K. Schmidt, “UVA and the History of Race: When the KKK Flourished in Charlottesville,” UVAToday, September 25, 2019

Co-author with Ashley K. Schmidt, “UVA and the History of Race: Blackface and the Rise of a Segregated Society,” UVAToday, September 4, 2019 — Co-author with Ashley K. Schmidt, “UVA and the History of Race: Blackface and the Rise of a Segregated Society,” UVAToday, September 4, 2019

Co-author and lead Researcher/Scholar/Writer, University of Virginia President’s Commission on Slavery and the University Report to President Teresa A. Sullivan, 2018. — Co-author and lead Researcher/Scholar/Writer, University of Virginia President’s Commission on Slavery and the University Report to President Teresa A. Sullivan, 2018.

“Michelle Obama’s Speech and the Powerful Realities of American Slavery,” NBCNEWS.COM (July 28, 2016) Image courtesy of NBCNEWS.COM. — “Michelle Obama’s Speech and the Powerful Realities of American Slavery,” NBCNEWS.COM (July 28, 2016) Image courtesy of NBCNEWS.COM.

Freedom Has a Face cover.jpg — Freedom Has a Face:
Race, Identity, and Community in Jefferson's Virginia (University of Virginia Press, 2012)