Charles Chavis, Jr.: "Hidden in Full View: A Story of Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation"

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Historian Charles Chavis, Jr. discusses the process of researching and writing "The Silent Shore: The Lynching of Matthew Williams and the Politics of Racism in the Free State" (2022). He focuses on the institutional and descriptive challenges of archival research and the importance of community archives in the fight for transformative justice. Dr. Charles Chavis, Jr. is the founding Director of the John Mitchell, Jr. Program for History, Justice, and Race at George Mason University’s Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, where he is also an Assistant Professor of Conflict Analysis and Resolution and History.

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