Martha S. Jones is a historian, legal scholar, and award-winning author whose work explores the politics, culture, and poetics of Black America.
Her writing blends rigorous research with personal storytelling, most recently in The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir (2025), which recounts her personal journey with race and color through the story of her ancestors’ generations.
At Johns Hopkins University, she teaches for the department of history and the SNF Agora Institute and directs the Hard Histories Project, which examines the university’s ties to slavery and racism. A dynamic public intellectual, Jones continues to challenge and inspire through her scholarship, teaching, and cultural engagement.
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