Tuesday, April 7 at 4:00pm
Archives & Special Collections, 2nd
floor of Collins Library
All are welcome
From Jackson State to Ferguson: Memory and Erasure in the History of Racial Violence
Professor Nancy Bristow, History, African American Studies
Asked
in August, 2014, whether the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson,
Missouri “raises important
issues about race that need to be discussed,” 80% of African Americans
said “yes,” while 47% of white Americans believed “race is getting more
attention than it deserves.” These statistics make visible the
divergent historical memories of two American communities
and the powerful erasure silence around race makes possible. Focusing
on the police shootings that took place at Jackson State College
forty-five years ago, Professor Nancy Bristow will situate the recent
events in Ferguson and beyond in the nation’s long
history of state violence against African Americans and will explore the
white community’s persistent unwillingness to acknowledge and address
its racial dynamics.
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