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How will we remember black women on the anniversary of the Charleston shooting?

  • Written by Chad Williams, Associate Professor of African and Afro-American Studies, Brandeis University

The men and women of a Bible study at Charleston, South Carolina’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church welcomed Dylann Roof into their circle on June 17, 2015. Then, after an hour of discussion and prayer, the 21-year-old white supremacist took out a gun and opened fire on them. Declaring his hatred of African-Americans, Roof...

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