Joseph R. Stuart

I am a historian of African American history and study the relationship of race, masculinity, and religion in twentieth-century Black freedom movements in the United States and throughout the world.

My research examines Black religious opposition to integration through the lens of the Nation of Islam’s history from the Great Depression to the 1980s. Derived from extensive research in archives, oral histories, and media sources, I provide fresh insight into the many approaches to achieving Black freedom in the United States and the world.

I graduated from Brigham Young University (2012) with a BA in America Studies, an MA in Religious Studies from the University of Virginia (2014), and a Ph.D. in History from the University of Utah (2022). I am currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at BYU’s Neal A. Maxwell Institute.