{"id":2628731,"date":"2026-07-11T19:45:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T23:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/renowned-feminist-historian-loses-professorship-as-experts-tear-apart-her-so-called-historical-findings\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T19:49:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T23:49:21","slug":"renowned-feminist-historian-loses-professorship-as-experts-tear-apart-her-so-called-historical-findings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/renowned-feminist-historian-loses-professorship-as-experts-tear-apart-her-so-called-historical-findings\/","title":{"rendered":"Renowned Feminist Historian Loses Professorship as Experts Tear Apart Her So-Called Historical Findings"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frenowned-feminist-historian-loses-professorship-as-experts-tear-apart-her-so-called-historical-findings%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2628731&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a controversy surrounding Kerri Greenidge, a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >black feminist historian acclaimed<\/a> for her 2022 book &#8220;The Grimkes,&#8221; which was praised by critics and won awards. However, allegations emerged claiming her work contained <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-school-district-drops-one-acronym-for-another-while-claiming-theyre-a-symptom-of-white-supremacy-culture\/\" title=\"San Francisco School District Drops One Acronym For Another While Claiming They...re A \u2018Symptom Of White Supremacy Culture...\">factual errors<\/a>, misattributions, and possible fabrications. An initial review by a retired history professor questioned the accuracy of her citations and evidence, leading to institutional scrutiny. Tufts University conducted a peer review, confirmed multiple errors, and took steps to correct the record, which included removing her book from sale. greenidge asserts she is a victim of discrimination against Black women academics and denies any guilt of plagiarism or fabrication, although she admits to possible citation mistakes. The controversy has impacted her academic position and publishing prospects, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boxing-association-releases-game-changing-statement-on-olympian-who-brutalized-female-opponent\/\" title=\"Boxing Association Releases Game-Changing Statement on Olympian Who Brutalized Female Opponent\">highlighting ongoing debates<\/a> over academic integrity, bias, and racial discrimination in scholarship.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A black feminist historian whose work is being labeled as misleading \u2014 and who may have lost her cushy academic job \u2014 says it all comes down to an attack on black women.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/07\/10\/books\/kerri-greenidge-the-grimkes.html#site-content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> tells the tale of Kerri Greenidge, whose 2022 book \u201cThe Grimkes\u201d was hailed for its narrative about a slaveholding family and its work in the abolitionist movement.<\/p>\n<p>Publishers Weekly put the book on its list of that year\u2019s top books, while the American Historical Association handed Greenidge the Joan Kelly Memorial Prize, which honors scholars in women\u2019s history and feminist theory.<\/p>\n<p>But the glow has dimmed as the furor over her flimsy factual foundation is being linked to the end of her gig as a tenured associate professor in the Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora at Tufts University \u2014 and the loss of a book deal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Huh. Author accused of fabrication and plagiarism claims she\u2019s the victim of discrimination against black women. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fNiqveEj8Y\">https:\/\/t.co\/fNiqveEj8Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bob Lonsberry (@BobLonsberry) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BobLonsberry\/status\/2075731458988089351?\">July 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Myra Glenn, a retired professor of American history at Elmira College, was among the first to question what she was reading in 2024 when she was reviewing the book for a journal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said, \u2018Where is she getting this?\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cBoy, it became a major problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She did not pull punches in the review, writing, \u201cAll too often Greenidge lacks the evidence to substantiate many of her major claims. Her work is also riddled with factual errors and repeatedly omits needed endnotes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Glenn noted that while Greenidge said key letters she cited were held by the University of Michigan, they were not.<\/p>\n<p>Greenidge even said racist critics are out to get her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am heartbroken that a field I have given my life to can treat me this way,\u201d Greenidge said. \u201cThe attack on Black women academics is real.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have never plagiarized anything in my life,\u201d she continued. \u201cI have never fabricated anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But she added, \u201cAre there citations that were misattributed? Probably.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Collins, a representative of Tufts University, would not discuss when Greenidge and Tufts parted ways, but said that as early as December 2022, the college was aware of criticism that the book \u201ccontained multiple errors of fact and failed to give appropriate credit to the work of another.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe university initiated a thorough peer review involving a panel of external scholars of American history which identified multiple errors of fact and citation,\u201d Collins said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn keeping with its commitment to ethical conduct in research, the university proactively moved to correct the public record by informing publisher W.W. Norton of the peer review findings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The book no longer appears to be sold on Norton\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>Greenidge said the college probe of her work was initiated by a white woman against whom Greenidge sought a restraining order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe independent review by outside experts in the field was fair, fact-based, thorough, and objective,\u201d Collins meanwhile said. \u201cWe stand by the review and strongly deny any allegations of bias.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Greenidge\u2019s 2019 book \u201cBlack Radical,\u201d which is about civil rights activist William Monroe Trotter, won the Mark Lynton History Prize from the Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Fox, who wrote a 1970 biography about Trotter, said he had issues with Greenidge\u2019s book.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seems well done, except when you look at the footnotes,\u201d Fox said, noting that he could not find the material cited using the sources Greenidge listed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started to think maybe it wasn\u2019t just sloppy,\u201d he said. \u201cI think it\u2019s something deeper.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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