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“Shifting the spirit of the nation”: How one humanities project addresses slavery and citizenship

April 27, 2021 by Amelia Blakely

It is one of the more unlikely places – a rural community struggling to move on from its “sundown town” reputation – that a small, curious audience gathered recently at the Anna Arts Center to listen to Harry Dougherty’s freedom story.  It was told by local historian and educator, Darrel Dexter, who first learned of the African-American’s emancipation story 30 years ago … [Read more...] about “Shifting the spirit of the nation”: How one humanities project addresses slavery and citizenship

Covering hate: ‘This is not a geographic problem. It’s an American problem.’

April 20, 2021 by Jackie Spinner

In September 2018, racist flyers from a neo-Nazi group were left on cars parked at a community college in Southern Illinois. A few local news outlets reported on the incident and the college’s subsequent denouncement that followed. But then the story was mostly dropped until the next year when the same flyers from the same group appeared a second time. This time a suspect … [Read more...] about Covering hate: ‘This is not a geographic problem. It’s an American problem.’

Newsrooms owe it to their Asian-American readers to get sourced, break stereotypes

April 6, 2021 by Jackie Spinner

Here we are yet again.  We just can’t seem to get it right when reporting on race. On March 18, a 21-year-old white man was arrested and charged with murder after allegedly going on a shooting rampage at three Atlanta-area businesss that left eight people dead, six of whom were Asian women. Although the suspect has not been officially charged with a hate crime, … [Read more...] about Newsrooms owe it to their Asian-American readers to get sourced, break stereotypes

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