Micki McElya

Micki McElya is an associate professor of history at the University of Connecticut and the author of Clinging to Mammy: The Faithful Slave in 20th-Century America.

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  1. The Faithful Slave

    How Alex Tizon’s essay echoes a trope with deep roots in American history

    Micki McElya
    A 19th-century illustration of a black "mammie" with a white child
    E.W. Kemble / New York Public Library