A Juneteenth wake-up call — how the slave trade shaped U.S. policing
June 20th, 2020
“America just really needs to start being honest”
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A Juneteenth wake-up call – how the slave trade shaped U.S. policing
A MarketWatch interview with PhD Candidate Luke Frederick on Policing in Antebellum America
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“A just response to the D.C. Protests”
Professor Maurice Jackson reflects on the response to the 2020 protests in Washington.
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Prof. Charles King Wins Francis Parkman Prize from Society of American Historians
Teaching in an Uprising: Readings on Race and Democracy
By Professor Trish Kahle (GU-Qatar) and featuring work by Professor Marcia Chatelain.
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A just response to the D.C. protests
June 18th, 2020
“In the 2020 D.C. protests, no lives have been lost, no buildings have been destroyed and no troops were wanted or needed.”
Prof. Charles King wins Francis Parkman Prize from Society of American Historians
June 10th, 2020
“With this elegant and wide-ranging study, King has turned a story of ideas into a true narrative, with vivid, important characters in whom those ideas live and develop.”
Teaching in an Uprising: Readings on Race and Democracy
June 3rd, 2020
“In the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder by four police officers, we’ll still read these texts, but understanding our discussions would be informed by events through which my students were living—and, likely, participating in—I wanted to offer some contemporary contextual readings by historians and other social scientists to guide us.”