On Saturday, January 23 at 10a (ET) the Baltimore County Coalition of the Maryland Lynching Memorial Project will hold a virtual public meeting to discuss the importance of acknowledging the history of racial terror lynchings in Baltimore County. We will review what is known about two Baltimore County lynchings and discuss why it is important to acknowledge these crimes. We will consider the historic narrative around lynchings and why and how it is vital to change it. To that end we will discuss effective ways to engage the public in these efforts in order to advance the goals of truth and reconciliation in Baltimore County, in Maryland and in our country.
We are honored to welcome these distinguished guests to the meeting:
John Olszewski, Jr. – Baltimore County Executive and a graduate of Sparrows Point High School with degrees from Goucher College, George Washington University and UMBC
Charles Chavis, Ph.D. - Director for the John Mitchell, Jr. Program for History, Justice and Race at George Mason University. Dr. Chavis also serves as Vice Chair of the Maryland Lynching Truth & Reconciliation Commission and is a member of the board of directors of the Maryland Lynching Memorial Project
Shanedra Nowell, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Secondary Education at Oklahoma State University, Dr. Nowell has developed a groundbreaking workshop for educators called "Writing and Remembrance: Strategies for Teaching the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre"
Admission to the session is free but registration is required. Click here to register:
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