Kali Nicole Gross

Kali Nicole Gross

Kali Nicole Gross is a well-known public speaker, writer, and historian whose work primarily focuses on the lives of Black women in the United States criminal justice system.

She works at Emory University as Chair and Humanities Professor, and at the Organization of American Historians as a Distinguished Lecturer.

Kali Nicole Gross is known for focusing on often-ignored stories as she studies how gender and race shape punishment, justice, and everyday life. She is a student of Black women’s experiences, even as she explains how women from the 1800s and 1900s had their lives shaped by survival and discrimination.

Beyond her work in academia, she has had her opinions and ideas published in prestigious magazines such as BBC News, The Washington Post, and TIME. She has also helped people understand complex historical realities on platforms such as C-SPAN, MSNBC, and NPR.

Kali Nicole Gross has also been a leader in scholarship and history. She once served on the Association of Black Women Historians' board as National Publications Director, where she shaped the dissemination and discussion of research.

She has taught in many community spaces and universities and has earned major recognitions, including a Carnegie Fellowship.

Kali Nicole Gross published Hannah Mary Tabbs and the Disembodied Torso in 2015, in which she tells the story of a brutal murder from 1887.

A headless body was found on the outskirts of Philadelphia, and the police finger George Wilsopn and Hannah Mary Tabbs as the lead suspects. He follows the trial and the attention it garnered, as it shows how topics such as family conflict, violence, and sex became headline news.

More than just a retelling of the crime, Kali explains the impact of racism on the case. She shows how Black suspects were treated unfairly, as they were often faced with prejudice. She also reveals the many problems of race and justice in America.

Nearly a decade later, Gross published Vengeance Feminism as a historical work about women who went up against injustice and racism.

Kali presents examples of women who were let down by the legal system and were unable to obtain justice. Many of these resorted to sometimes violent, bold actions to protect their dignity and themselves. While they were not always perfect, they would not remain powerless or be silenced.

Gross believes that survival often requires people to make difficult choices and that justice is often complex.

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