Martha S. Jones
@marthasjones.bsky.social
Historian | Writer | Lapsed Lawyer | Professor JHU | Director Hard Histories | Author The Trouble of Color, Vanguard, Birthright Citizens | msjonz@jhu.edu
Baltimore! I’ll be live and in in person with the Banner Bookclub Wednesday at 6. Join us! www.thebanner.com/culture/book...
November 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Baltimore! I’ll be live and in in person with the Banner Bookclub Wednesday at 6. Join us! www.thebanner.com/culture/book...
Have you seen it?! Romare Bearden’s mural “Baltimore Uproar” in the Upton Metro Station.
November 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Have you seen it?! Romare Bearden’s mural “Baltimore Uproar” in the Upton Metro Station.
Baltimore! I’ll join live and in person, the @thebaltimorebanner.com Book Club and the Ivy Bookshop on November 12 for an intimate conversation about The Trouble of Color!
November 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Baltimore! I’ll join live and in person, the @thebaltimorebanner.com Book Club and the Ivy Bookshop on November 12 for an intimate conversation about The Trouble of Color!
Baltimore! I’ll join live and in person, the @thebaltimorebanner.com Book Club and the Ivy Bookshop on November 12 for an intimate conversation about The Trouble of Color!
November 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Baltimore! I’ll join live and in person, the @thebaltimorebanner.com Book Club and the Ivy Bookshop on November 12 for an intimate conversation about The Trouble of Color!
Teach-in to defend our museums!
October 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Teach-in to defend our museums!
Lexington, KY, friends! I’ll be at the Kentucky Book Festival on Saturday November 1!
October 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Lexington, KY, friends! I’ll be at the Kentucky Book Festival on Saturday November 1!
Lexington, KY, friends. I’ll be in-person at the Kentucky Book Festival. Saturday, November 1!
October 29, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Lexington, KY, friends. I’ll be in-person at the Kentucky Book Festival. Saturday, November 1!
Wednesday night in Baltimore! I’ll be live with historian Keisha Blain at the Pratt, talking about her new book, Without Fear.
October 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Wednesday night in Baltimore! I’ll be live with historian Keisha Blain at the Pratt, talking about her new book, Without Fear.
Monday night in Baltimore! I’ll be with John Durel to talk about his Descendants: The Divided Legacy of a Louisiana Creole Family.
October 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Monday night in Baltimore! I’ll be with John Durel to talk about his Descendants: The Divided Legacy of a Louisiana Creole Family.
Tuesday in London, Ontario! I’m excited to debut new work on the Myth of the US as the Beacon of Democracy!
September 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Tuesday in London, Ontario! I’m excited to debut new work on the Myth of the US as the Beacon of Democracy!
Thanks to Keisha Blain for singling out VANGUARD as among the best! Be sure to check out her NEW Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights!
September 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Thanks to Keisha Blain for singling out VANGUARD as among the best! Be sure to check out her NEW Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights!
Great weekend at the Baltimore Book Festival!!!
September 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Great weekend at the Baltimore Book Festival!!!
Thank you to Claudia Rankine and The Racial Imaginary Institute for featuring my video short, “Playing the White Card.” My first public reflection on passing, I realize that I was working out ideas for The Trouble of Color all those years ago.
September 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Thank you to Claudia Rankine and The Racial Imaginary Institute for featuring my video short, “Playing the White Card.” My first public reflection on passing, I realize that I was working out ideas for The Trouble of Color all those years ago.
Thank you to Victoria Grieves Williams and the Australian Book Review for this generous review of The Trouble of Color.
September 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Thank you to Victoria Grieves Williams and the Australian Book Review for this generous review of The Trouble of Color.
Friends. I’ll be at the Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival August 2 and 3 talking with Michele Norris and Henry Louis Gates Jr. about THE TROUBLE OF COLOR. It’s a great festival line up.
July 30, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Friends. I’ll be at the Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival August 2 and 3 talking with Michele Norris and Henry Louis Gates Jr. about THE TROUBLE OF COLOR. It’s a great festival line up.
Friends. I’ll be at the Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival August 2 and 3 talking with Michele Norris and Henry Louis Gates Jr. about THE TROUBLE OF COLOR. It’s a great festival line up.
July 29, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Friends. I’ll be at the Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival August 2 and 3 talking with Michele Norris and Henry Louis Gates Jr. about THE TROUBLE OF COLOR. It’s a great festival line up.
Friends. I’ll be at the Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival August 2 and 3 talking with Michele Norris and Henry Louis Gates Jr. about THE TROUBLE OF COLOR. It’s a great festival line up.
July 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Friends. I’ll be at the Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival August 2 and 3 talking with Michele Norris and Henry Louis Gates Jr. about THE TROUBLE OF COLOR. It’s a great festival line up.
Friends. I’ll be at the Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival August 2 and 3 talking with Michele Norris and Henry Louis Gates Jr. about THE TROUBLE OF COLOR. It’s a great festival line up.
July 27, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Friends. I’ll be at the Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival August 2 and 3 talking with Michele Norris and Henry Louis Gates Jr. about THE TROUBLE OF COLOR. It’s a great festival line up.
Thanks to Baltimore Magazine: The Trouble of Color is a best of 2025!
July 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Thanks to Baltimore Magazine: The Trouble of Color is a best of 2025!
Thanks to Baltimore Magazine: The Trouble of Color is a best of 2025!
July 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Thanks to Baltimore Magazine: The Trouble of Color is a best of 2025!
Thanks to Baltimore Magazine: The Trouble of Color is a best of 2025!
July 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Thanks to Baltimore Magazine: The Trouble of Color is a best of 2025!
July 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
July 22, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Ripped from the headlines! #thetroubleofcolor
June 24, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Ripped from the headlines! #thetroubleofcolor
A summer reading trifecta from Shawn Leigh Alexander! #thetroubleofcolor
June 24, 2025 at 5:26 AM
A summer reading trifecta from Shawn Leigh Alexander! #thetroubleofcolor