America's Racial Reckoning

Black Lives and Black Futures in Historical, Political and Legal Context

Friday, June 12, 2020

America is in the midst of reckoning with the legacies of racism, racial violence, and systemic injustice against Black people. The current national uprising, sparked by the recent murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, have exposed the complex intersections of history, politics, and the law in how race, white supremacy, and anti-Blackness function in American society.

This virtual panel was an in-depth discussion of this moment, its historical precedents, and possible outcomes.

This discussion was sponsored by the Department of African and African American Studies, Department of Politics, Department of History, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Office of the President, and the Office of the Provost.