Martha Jane Brazy

A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Martha Jane Brazy joined the History Department faculty late last century. Her research focuses on nineteenth-century U.S. social history with an emphasis on the African-American history, slavery, the South and multicultural women's history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. While at USA, Professor Brazy has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses: both halves of the U.S. History survey, African-American Experiences, the Historical Roots of Contemporary Issues, the History of American Feminist Movements, African-American Women's History, and Slavery in the U.S. Graduate Seminars include Slavery in the U.S. as well as American Historiography. Her current research explores the life of the late African-American poet, social critic, and activist, June Jordan.  Professor Brazy is also compiling a collection of slave women's narratives.

Articles and Chapters

• “Stephen Duncan of Natchez” in Ted Ownby and Charles Wilson Reagan, eds., The Mississippi Encyclopedia.  Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2017.