Media &Upcoming Events
From book talks and speaking engagements to Jean’s upcoming public history events, stay tuned below for opportunities to connect with Jean and learn more about the fascinating stories she uncovers in the archives.
Celebrate with Jean!
On Oct. 26, 2023, Jean Pfaelzer was honored with the 2023 Heyday History Award for California, A Slave State alongside Joan Baez, recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Watch the 17th Annual Heyday Harvest, featuring revelatory conversations about justice, art, and life with Jean and Joan, as well as powerful explorations of the world through the eyes of Heyday’s authors and honorees.
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Jean Pfaelzer receiving the Heyday History Award from Steve Wasserman of Heyday Books.
Live Events
WATCH JEAN LIVE:
On August 10, 2023, Jean testified before the San Francisco Human Rights Commission’s Reparations Committee.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
January 18, 2024
Nevada County Historical Society (Nevada City, CA)
WHEN: TBD
WHERE: Nevada County Historical Society, Nevada City, California
PAST EVENTS:
17th Annual Heyday Harvest, Thursday, October 26, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
LA County Historical Society, Tuesday, September 26, 2023 (Virtual)
UUSF Human Rights Working Group Forum, Sunday, October 1, 2023 (Virtual)
Book Breaks via Gilder Lehrman Center, September 10, 2023 (Virtual)
Northwest Neighbors Village Virtual Speaker’s Series, Tuesday, September 26, 2023 (Virtual)
The Commonwealth Club (San Francisco), August 16, 2023 — Watch now!
Politics & Prose (Washington, DC), July 22, 2023
MOCA Museum of the Chinese of America (New York), July 20, 2023
California Historical Society, July 11, 2023
Clarke Museum and Humboldt County Historical Society (In Person and Virtual), July 8, 2023
Northtown Books, Arcata, CA, July 7, 2023
Radio, Podcasts & TV
RADIO (recorded):
KPFK Los Angeles, Capitalism, Race, and Democracy with Steve Zeltzer, Oct. 1, 2023 — Listen Now!
KPFK Los Angeles, Freedom Now! with Gerald Horne, Oct. 14, 2023 — Listen Now!
San Diego News Now, KBPS (NPR), June 22, 2023 — Listen Now!
The World, KBPS (NPR), June 21, 2023 — Listen Now!
Letters and Politics, KPFA, June 28, 2023 — Listen Now!
KQED Forum, July 7, 2023 — Listen Now!
Leonard Lopate Show on WBAI, June 19, 2023 — Listen Now!
PAST RADIO EVENTS:
The Jefferson Exchange on JPR, July 6, 2023
What’s The 411? With Sharon Kay, July 5, 2023
The Laura Coates Show on Sirius XM, June 28, 2023
Leonard Lopate Show on WBAI, June 19, 2023
PODCASTS:
Yale University Podcast, “California’s History of Slavery and Slave Revolts,” June 27, 2023 — Listen Now!
BBC’S History Extra, “California’s hidden history of slavery,” August 23, 2023 — Listen now!
Axelbank Reports History and Today with Evan Axelbank, “Jean Pfaelzer - "California: A Slave State," June 25, 2023 — Listen Now!
Explaining History Podcast, “Slavery in California - In conversation with Jean Pfaelzer” — Part 1, Part 2
New Books Network, “California, A Slave State,” June 23, 2023 — Listen Now!
Facepalm America Podcast with Beowulf Rochlen, “The Intense History of California as a Slave State,” Aug. 2023 — Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Scholars’ Circle Podcast, July 16, 2023 — Listen Now!
The Rob Burgess Show, Aug. 11, 2023 — Listen Now!
Race to Social Justice Podcast with hosts Keva White and John Kepner — Tune in soon!
Hidden History LA Podcast with host Robert Peterson — Tune in soon!
TV:
Headline Humboldt, “The Eureka Chinatown Project” — Watch Now!
Print Media
IN THE NEWS:
LA Times
“How one author uncovered the fact that California was — and remains — a slave state,” June 28, 2023.
The Atlantic
“Finding Common Cultural Ground With Your Kids: Entertainment musts from Franklin Foer,” June 25, 2023.
The New York Times
“Newly Published, From Susan Sontag to the Black Working Class,” June 23, 2023.
Counter Punch
“What’s Next for Native Americans? A Report From the San Francisco Bay Area,” June 16, 2023.
NBC News
“California's earliest Black settlers bought land only for it to be stolen. Their descendants want it back.” June 3, 2023.
Alta Online
“11 New Books for June,” May 31, 2023.
Napa Valley Register
“Thomas D. Elias: Who’s being ignored as state mulls slavery reparations,” May 12, 2023.
Immigration Prof
“From the Bookshelves: California, a Slave State by Jean Pfaelzer,” April 4, 2023.
