To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the lynching of Jesse Washington in Waco, a panel of scholars and legal experts will discuss the history and legacy of the reign of terror against African Americans and Mexican Americans in Texas. Speakers include Daina Ramey Berry, professor of History and African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas; William Carrigan, professor of History at Rowan University; Sia Sanneh, senior attorney at the Equal Justice Initiative and lecturer at the Yale Law School; and Cherise Smith, professor of Art History and African and African Diaspora Studies at UT.
More information online. RSVP to Courtney Meador, cmeador@austin.utexas.edu.
Location: Garrison Hall (GAR 4.100), University of Texas, Austin