Sankofa Lecture Series Examines Anti-Black Violence in Southern Illinois, Feb. 28
A leading scholar studying racism and racial violence in the Midwest will examine anti-Black violence in southern Illinois during the next Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Sankofa Lecture and Dialogue Series presentation.
The ongoing series features robust conversations surrounding the history of slavery and its lasting legacies, and is organized through SIUE’s Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) Campus Center, specifically its membership of the international Universities Studying Slavery (USS) consortium.
Brent Campney, PhD, professor of History at the University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley, will present Anti-Black Violence in Southern Illinois at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 28 via Zoom. Registration is available at https://siue.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HulZ58WcTVaaiTIiYZGZoQ.
“Professor Campney’s work is important because it gives us a more national understanding of racism, de-centering the South as the focus of lynching and racial violence,” shared series coordinator Bryan Jack, PhD, associate professor in the SIUE Department of History. “His work gives us a new and better understanding of the Midwest, and is part of a new wave of scholarship focusing on the Black experience in the region. We’re fortunate to have him offering his insights as part of our Sankofa Lecture series.”
The Sankofa Lecture and Dialogue Series is one of the University’s many anti-racism initiatives. For more information on the TRHT and its future programs and initiatives, visit siue.edu/provost/trht.
Photo: Brent Campney, PhD, professor of History at the University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley.
