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Matthew Frye Jacobson is William Robertson Coe Professor of American Studies and History at Yale. He is the author of seven books on race, politics, and culture in the United States, includingÌýOdetta’s One Grain of Sand;ÌýThe Historian’s Eye:Ìý Photography, History, and the American Present; andÌýWhiteness of a Different Color: European Immigrants and the Alchemy of Race.ÌýÌýHe also served as creator, writer, and lead researcher forÌýA Long Way from Home:Ìý The Untold Story of Baseball’s DesegregationÌý(Hammer & Nail Productions, 2019).Ìý The film garnered a Golden Telly Award in the category of General TelevisionÌýDocumentary.Ìý He is currently at work on two books:ÌýÌýDancing Down the Barricades:Ìý Sammy Davis, Jr. and the Long Civil Rights EraÌýand a handbook for students of the historian’s craft,ÌýHistory as Creativity:Ìý The Cryptic Dimensions ofÌýScholarly Work.ÌýÌý