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A little-known lesson in solidarity: Jewish refugee professors fleeing the Nazis were shunned by U.S. antisemitism but welcomed by America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
Charles L. Chavis, Jr.
Dr. Charles L. Chavis, Jr. is Director of African & African American Studies, founding Director of the John Mitchell, Jr. Program for History, Justice, & Race, at The Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, and Assistant Professor of History and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University. He is the author of the forthcoming book, The Silent Shore: The Lynching of Matthew Williams and the Politics of Racism in the Free State (Johns Hopkins University Press; January 2022) which investigates and reconstructs the full story of one of the last lynchings in Maryland. Dr. Chavis is National Co-Chair for the United States Truth Racial Healing and Transformation Movement and Vice Chair of the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission. He also serves on the Exploring Hate Advisory Committee. Follow him on X: @Chavis4Change
Today in History: “The Silent Shore”
On December 4, 1931, a mob of white men in Salisbury, Maryland, lynched and set ablaze a twenty-three-year-old man named Matthew Williams.
Today in History: “We Hold the Rock”: The Occupation of Alcatraz and the Native American Fight for Sovereignty in the Age of Fracture
For the 52nd anniversary of the Occupation of Alcatraz and in honor of Native American Heritage Month, with Mark Charles