Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

This course uses big data to examine how American newspapers covered lynchings

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Rob Wells, Associate Professor, University of Maryland

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

Title of course:

Lynching and the Press

What prompted the idea for the course?

One of my students was reviewing a spreadsheet that listed total lynchings by state. She exhaled, and then, with a bit of weariness, said, “Mississippi, goddamn.”

She was trying to comprehend the enormity of violence against the Black population of…

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