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Biography by Hecimovich wins praise in Harvard publication
Hecimovich was originally skeptical about "The Bondwoman's Narrative" as being written by an enslaved or formerly enslaved woman. He made headlines in 2013 when he identified the author as Hannah Crafts, just part of his...
Continue ReadingHecimovich offers thoughts on early images of enslaved
Fifteen images of enslaved Americans are at the center of an ongoing legal battle between Harvard and a likely descendant of those pictured. Gregg Hecimovich describes what the images mean for better understanding American history.
Continue ReadingHecimovich named a W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute Fellow at Harvard, again
Hecimovich wins a second W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute fellowship at Harvard's Hutchins Center for African and African American Research.
Continue ReadingRecovering the life stories of the Zealy daguerreotype subjects
Furman University's Gregg Hecimovich, chair of the English department at the university, speaks with Henry Louis Gates, the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of Harvard's Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, about...
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