Amanda Marie Martinez is a postdoctoral fellow at the James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference at Emory University. Earlier this year she completed her PhD in history at UCLA. Her writing has appeared in California History and the Journal of Popular Music Studies, as well as NPR, the Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post. Her book project analyzes the role of race and class in the marketing practices of the country music business between Nixon and 9/11.