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Panel Two: Facing the Past (Truth and Transformation 2022)

Memorialization efforts and museums are increasingly playing a role in racial reckoning. How are state officials, activists, and organizers using memorials to face the past? How do these efforts connect to the work of truth commissions? How do we mark sites of violence and re(make) them as sites of consciousness-building, truth-telling, and historical documentation?

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Bootstrap Blackness: Black Men, Conservatism, and Party Politics
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Bootstrap Blackness: Black Men, Conservatism, and Party Politics

A new research article by Dr. Christine Slaughter, Research Fellow at the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation, and co-authors examines a question that became especially prominent after the 2024 U.S. election: are Black men meaningfully shifting away from the Democratic Party, and if so, why? While Black men remain overwhelmingly aligned with the Democratic Party, a measurable subset expresses more conservative views than their Black female counterparts—differences that could carry meaningful implications in closely contested elections.

 

Before the Civil Rights Act, My Great-Uncle from Roxbury Took on Pullman in 1954 — and Won
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Before the Civil Rights Act, My Great-Uncle from Roxbury Took on Pullman in 1954 — and Won

As we commemorate 100 years of Black History Month, it is worth remembering that progress was not driven by headlines alone. Beyond the monuments and courtrooms, everyday people took risks to demand dignity and fairness. Among them was my great uncle, whose pursuit of a promotion became a catalyst for change.