Dr. Carol Anderson, Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies and Associated Faculty in the History Department, was recently interviewed for the NPR program “All Things Considered.” Anderson, an expert in public policy with a focus on race, justice and equality, discusses how politicians from slaveholding states successfully lobbied for the creation of what became known as the Electoral College at the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Listen to the piece at the following link: “The Electoral College: Why Do We Do It This Way?“
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Dr. Carol Anderson Dissects Voter Suppression, Past and Present, for PBS’s ‘NewsHour’
Dr. Carol Anderson, Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies and Associated Faculty in the History Department, was recently a guest on the PBS NewsHour program “America, Interrupted.” Titled “Why voter suppression continues and how the pandemic has made it worse,” the episode includes Anderson’s insights into the history of voter suppression and how such practices continue through the present. Anderson is, mostly recently, the author of One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy (Bloomsbury, 2018). Watch the episode here.
‘The Nation’ and ‘Deutsche Welle’ Cite Anderson on Voter Suppression
Dr. Carol Anderson, Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies and associated faculty in the History Department, was recently quoted in two articles discussing the past and present of voter suppression in the United States. Anderson commented on the history of ballot restrictions in the state of Texas for The Nation article, “Texas and the Long Tail of Voter Suppression.” She offers further insights into how recent policy measures suppress voting in Georgia in the article “US election: Early voting shines light on fight over voter suppression,” published by Deutshe Welle. Read an excerpt from the Deutshe Welle article below along with the full pieces at the links above.
“Georgia keeps doubling down on trying to stop Black people from voting as well as stopping Hispanics and Asian Americans,” Carol Anderson, professor of African American Studies at Emory University and author of One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy, told DW, pointing out that all three groups overwhelmingly vote Democrat.
“It’s a legacy of knowing that this system in place is not designed to honor and embrace your right to vote, but is systematically working through different ways to stop it,” she said.
Lipstadt Diagnoses Anti-Semitism at Core of QAnon Conspiracy Theory
Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies and associated faculty in the History Department, was recently quoted in the NBC News article “Trump’s refusal to disavow QAnon is part of his pattern of encouraging hate for political gain.” The article addresses Trump’s refusal to disavow the conspiracy group QAnon. The piece’s author, Jewish Democratic Council of America executive director Halie Soifer, writes that QAnon frequently employs “anti-Semitic tropes and age-old conspiracy theories.” Soifer draws on comments that Prof. Lipstadt posted on Twitter. Watch Dr. Lipstadt’s commentary below, and read the full NBC News article.
Special Webinar on “History for Black Lives” this Thursday, 10/29
The September issue of The American Historian, titled “History for Black Lives,” featured seven articles from scholars throughout the United States and was edited by Dr. Carl Suddler, Assistant Professor of History. On Thursday, October 2020, Suddler and the other authors of the articles in the edition will host a webinar on the continued centrality of racism in the U.S. and struggles for justice. Find more information about event, which is open to the public, on the flyer above.
Anderson Analyzes Voter Suppression for ‘PBS NewsHour’ and ‘Axios Today’
Dr. Carol Anderson, Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies and Associated Faculty in the History Department, recently discussed voter suppression relating to the upcoming presidential election for two prominent news outlets. Anderson was quoted in the PBS ‘News Hour’ article “Most voters expect intimidation at the polls. But they’re voting in record numbers,” and she was a guest on the ‘Axios Today’ podcast episode “The Hard Truth of Voter Suppression.” Anderson is, most recently, the author of One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy (Bloosmbury, 2018).
Anderson a Guest on Slate’s ‘Amicus’ Podcast
Dr. Carol Anderson, Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies and Associated Faculty in the History Department, was recently a guest on Slate’s podcast “Amicus.” Hosted by Dahlia Lithwick, the episode features Anderson and UC Irvine election law professor Rick Hasen discussing the state of the upcoming presidential election. Listen to the full episode: “Testing the Election: Votes are already being cast. Will chaos be the winner?“
Klibanoff Discusses Season Three of ‘Buried Truths’ on WABE’s ‘Closer Look’
The Atlanta NPR affiliate WABE recently featured season three of the “Buried Truths” podcast, hosted by Emory faculty member Hank Klibanoff. Klibanoff is James M. Cox Jr. Professor of Journalism and directs the Georgia Civil Rights Cold Cases Project. Listen to his conversation with “Closer Look” host Rose Scott here: “Veteran Journalist Discusses New Season Of ‘Buried Truths’ Podcast.”
‘AJC’ Cites Investigative Work of Miller and Hartstein in ‘Fake News’ FYS
Dr. Judith Miller and sophomore history major Edina Hartstein tracked a disturbing recent news item about an alleged child smuggling ring. Their work was cited in the Atlanta Journal Constitution article, “Feds cobbled criminal cases together in missing children operation, creating false perception.” Read an excerpt from the article below along with more about Miller’s course on “fake news” via the Emory News Center’s feature from last year, “‘Fake News’ class helps students learn to research and identify false information.”
“Judith Miller, an associate history professor at Emory University who teaches a class on “fake news,” tracked Operation Not Forgotten’s course on social media and in news coverage as it evolved into descriptions of a “criminal enterprise” on cable TV news shows, then became a subject of the false mythology of QAnon.”
Tam Institute for Jewish Studies to Feature Conversation between Goldstein and Eric K. Ward
Emory’s Tam Institute for Jewish Studies will host the 12th Annual Rothschild Lecture on October 29, 2020, at 7:30pm via Zoom. The lecture will feature a conversation between Associate Professor of History Eric Goldstein and Eric K. Ward, Executive Director of the Western States Center and nationally-recognized expert on the relationship between authoritarian movements, hate violence, and preserving inclusive democracy. The topic for the conversation is “Skin in the Game: American Jews, Whiteness, and the Contemporary Movement for Racial Justice.” Goldstein is the TIJS Judith London Evans Director and author of The Price of Whiteness: Jews, Race, and American Identity. Register for the virtual event here.