Professor Balmer discusses his book BAD FAITH: RACE AND THE RISE OF THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT. Professor Balmer debunks the myth that the Religious Right formed around opposition to Abortion. Instead, he finds that the movement coalesced around de-segregation of white’s only Religious Universities.
Nancy Heitzeg on the School to Prison Pipeline
Dr. Nancy Heitzeg discusses her research and book “The School to Prison Pipeline: Education, Discipline, and Racialized Double Standards.”
1619 Interviews – Trevor Burnard on the Demise of the Royal African Company
Professor Burnard discusses his article “Pack of Knaves: The Royal African Company, the development of the Jamaican plantation economy and the benefits of monopoly, 1672‒1708.”
Paul Finkelman on Slavery and the Supreme Court
Paul Finkelman, the Chancellor of Gratz College, is the author of more than 100 law review articles, 100 other scholarly articles and more than fifty books.
Sheryll Cashin on her new book White Space, Black Hood
Sheryll Cashin is an author and the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law, Civil Rights and Social Justice at Georgetown University. Currently she teaches Constitutional Law, Race and American Law, and a writing seminar about American segregation, education and opportunity.
Paula Ioanide on Racism’s Emotional Economy
Professor Ioanide discusses her book The Emotional Politics of Racism: How Feelings Trump Facts in an Era of Colorblindness. The book investigates how people defend racist policies, politicians, and institutional outcomes through the system of controlled emotional responses.
Cullen Sweeney on Race and the Justice System
Chief Public Defender, Cullen Sweeney, discusses the role of the Public Defender’s role in advocating for systemic criminal justice reform. We discuss bail reform, race equity, police and prosecution discretion, and sentencing reform.
Eric Herschthal discusses Dr. Rush’s Leprosy Theory of Race
Professor Eric Herschthal discusses his article “The Science of Antislavery in the Early Republic: The Case of Dr. Benjamin Rush.”
Vida Johnson on Police Bias and Misconduct
Professor Vida Johnson discusses two of her articles on police bias.
Laura Bieger on 1619 Project’s Aesthetics as Social Engagement
n this interview, Professor Bieger discusses her essay “The 1619 Project as Aesthetic and Social Practice; or, the Art of the Essay in the Digital Age” which examines the purpose, usefulness, successes, and failures of the 1619 Project.
Philip Reichel on Slave Patrols Origins of the Police
Professor Reichel discusses his articles “Southern Slave Patrols as a Transitional Police Type” and “The Misplaced Emphasis on Urbanization in Police Development.”
Adam Malka on the Rise of Police and Criminalization of Black Freedom
Professor Malka discusses his book, The Men of Mobtown, which explores how the free black population of the antebellum South came to be controlled and policed.