Charleston Syllabus: Readings on Race, Racism, and Racial Violence
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Hardcover. A collection of new essays and columns published in the wake of the 2015 Charleston, SC massacre, along with excerpts from key scholarly books. It draws from a variety of disciplines history, sociology, urban studies, law, critical race theory and includes discussion questions and a selected and annotated bibliography for further reading." Editor(s): Williams, Chad; Williams, Kidada; Blain, Keisha. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; 3JMG; JFSL3; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 590.
On June 17, 2015, a white supremacist entered Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, and sat with some of its parishioners during a Wednesday night Bible study session. An hour later, he began expressing his hatred for African Americans, and soon after, he shot nine church members dead, the church’s pastor and a South Carolina state senator, Rev. Clementa C. Pinckney, among them. The ensuing manhunt for the shooter and investigation of his motives revealed his beliefs in white supremacy and reopened debates about racial conflict, southern identity, systemic racism, civil rights, and the African American church as an ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820349565
SKU
V9780820349565
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About
Chad Williams (Editor) CHAD WILLIAMS is an associate professor and chair of African and Afro-American studies at Brandeis University and is the author of Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era. Kidada Williams (Editor) KIDADA E. WILLIAMS is an associate professor of history at Wayne State University and the author ... Read more
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A signal contribution, this timely volume provides the central historical and contemporary contexts for teachers, students, and the general public seeking to understand the tragic events in Charleston in 2015. Building on the possibilities inherent in digital crowd-sourcing, Charleston Syllabus inaugurates a new model of engagement between academia and the general public around the most pressing issues of our time. ... Read more