Archive: News
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A Juneteenth wake-up call — how the slave trade shaped U.S. policing
“America just really needs to start being honest”
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A just response to the D.C. protests
“In the 2020 D.C. protests, no lives have been lost, no buildings have been destroyed and no troops were wanted or needed.”
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Prof. Charles King wins Francis Parkman Prize from Society of American Historians
“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.”
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Teaching in an Uprising: Readings on Race and Democracy
“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.”
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