Dr. Joanne Martin, Race Work and the Quiet Labor of Black Memory  - MMCxchange https://mmcxchange.com/ Thu, 21 May 2026 16:14:02 -0400 en-US hourly 1 Baltimore Times RSS Hub Dr. Joanne Martin, Race Work and the Quiet Labor of Black Memory  https://mmcxchange.com/detail/dr-joanne-martin-race-work-and-the-quiet-labor-of-black-memory_1777209132 Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:18:54 -0400 https://mmcxchange.com/detail/dr-joanne-martin-race-work-and-the-quiet-labor-of-black-memory_1777209132 Dr. Joanne Martin, Race Work and the Quiet Labor of Black Memory 

Race Work  The first time that I was introduced to Dr. Joanne Martin was through her scholarship; one of the four books that she co-authored with her husband; Dr. Elmer Martin who is now an ancestor. The book is Spirituality and the Black Helping Tradition. It was in this book that I first learned about “race work”, a tradition of Black-led social change. In the book the Martins explain how race workers throughout history from Africa to America and beyond incorporated sacred practices into…]]>