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Black activists have long used maps to help illustrate their communities’ history and to document historical injustices.
Student journalists are using spreadsheets and databases to examine one of the darkest chapters in American history.
How politicians have cynically used metaphor to imply meaning through language.
For the formerly enslaved Black people in Texas, Juneteenth meant more than freedom. It meant reuniting families and building schools and developing political power.
While Bryant Donham was never charged for her involvement in Till’s death, the Justice Department continued to investigate the case and consider the potential for an arrest as recently as 2021.
She eventually decided to become a public school teacher so she could influence a new generation of Americans.
More Americans are learning about the 1921 massacre in the prosperous Black section of Tulsa known as the ‘Black Wall Street.’ For Gregory Fairchild, it is a part of his family history.
President Woodrow Wilson told Black leaders, ‘Segregation is not a humiliation but a benefit, and ought to be so regarded by you gentlemen.’ He was one in a long line of racist American presidents.
For many Americans, law and order has long been as much a private matter as something for the government to handle.
More Americans are learning about the 1921 massacre in the prosperous black section of Tulsa known as the ‘Black Wall Street.’ For Gregory Fairchild, it is a part of his family history.
The US has a centuries-old tradition of killing black people without repercussion – and of publicly viewing the violence. Spreading those images can disrespect the dead and traumatize viewers.
White supremacists’ protests against COVID-19 lockdowns reflect the US history of political leaders encouraging white supremacist groups to challenge or overthrow democratic governments.
Religion was no barrier for Southern lynch mobs intent on terror. White pastors joined the KKK, incited racial violence and took part in lynchings. Sometimes, the victim was a preacher.
Scholars continue to debate what, exactly, happened to Emmett Till the morning of his murder. But that hasn’t stopped a poor Mississippi community from trying to profit off one version of the story.
The country’s ‘Black Mecca’ is hosting the Super Bowl. With the NFL’s national anthem controversy still lingering, this creates an undeniable paradox.
Violence against journalists is on the rise. Many people don’t realize that such acts have a long tradition in the US, where partisan rancor was once a hallmark of American journalism.
Although fewer black women were lynched in the US than men, their stories have been marginalized. Will a new memorial in Alabama help make their sacrifices known?
The US has yet to fully undergo a process of truth and reconciliation.
Nigeria is on the verge of passing a law to criminalise rampant mob lynching. Other countries have tried to do this and failed.
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Associate Professor of Business Administration, University of Virginia
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Professor of History, American University School of International Service
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Professor of Sociology, Tulane University
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Samuel J. and Augusta Spector Professor of History and African and African American Studies, Brandeis University
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Professor of Journalism and Chair, Knight Center for Environmental Journalism, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh
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PhD Candidate, Justice Studies, Charles Sturt University
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Professor of Political Science and Africana Studies, University of Connecticut
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Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences, Penn State
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Professor of Communication and Journalism, University of Maine
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Oliver H. Radkey Regents Professor of History, The University of Texas at Austin
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Professor, Florida State University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Minnesota Duluth
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Professor of Education, University of Virginia
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Lecturer in Criminology, Edith Cowan University
