Dr. Carol Anderson, Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies, Department Chair, and Associated Faculty in the History Department, was recently quoted in the AP News article “Shock of Jan. 6 insurrection devolves into political fight.” The piece discusses Republican resistance in the U.S. Senate to forming an independent commission to investigate the January 6 insurrection. Read the full piece here, along with an excerpt quoting Anderson on the historical and archival implications of not establishing such a commission below.

“The partisan fight over the new panel is alarming to historians who say an independent record of that dark day is needed to understand what happened and hold those involved accountable.

“‘If you don’t have follow-up, it reaffirms that folks are right in their wrongness,’ said Carol Anderson, a professor of African American studies at Emory University.”