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George Mason University’s Mitchell Program Launches Flagship Digital Exhibit

George Mason University’s Mitchell Program & ESP Department release new digital exhibit: The Enslaved Naturalist FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jack Del Nunzio (jmjp@gmu.edu) Exhibit Link: ...

Mitchell Program’s Dr. Charles Chavis Featured on PBS NewsHour, Pens Op-Ed

On December 4, 2021, marking the 90th anniversary of the lynching of 23-year-old Matthew Williams in Salisbury, Maryland, Dr. Charles L. Chavis, Jr. sat down for an interview with PBS NewsHour's...

Mitchell Program Sponsors Documentary Memorializing Lynching Victim Matthew Williams

George Mason University’s Mitchell Program, Maryland Lynching Memorial Project, & #Breathewithme Revolution host world premiere of documentary Hidden in Full View to commemorate the 90th...
A letter to White America: Make this the last summer of our discontent

A letter to White America: Make this the last summer of our discontent

EMMETT TILL would have been 79 if he were alive today. He might have had children and grandchildren to dote on and share wisdom with. Or, if not, he might have had a wider community of neighbors, colleagues, and friends—people to share jokes with; people to wave to on his daily walks.