Ida B. Wells Symposia | History of Racial Terror with Paris Miller

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Paris Miller, scholar and community organizer, presents on the history of racial terror lynchings in Orange County, North Carolina. This panel is moderated by Dianne Jackson of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP. Joining the panel will be Dr. Seth Kotch, Director of the Southern Oral History Program at UNC, and local high school students with their teacher.

This discussion is the second offering in a series of six October 2020 virtual events honoring pioneering African American Journalist Ida B. Wells.

To celebrate the life and work of Black journalist, advocate and educator Ida B. Wells, the Center for the Study of the American South joins the Orange County Community Remembrance Coalition (OCCRC) and the Chapel Hill-Carborro NAACP in hosting six virtual events throughout the month of October 2020. Wells-Barnett used the power of words to stop racial violence. She risked her life to shine “the light of truth” on lynching at its height in the U.S. between the 1890s and 1930s.

Our symposia collection of panel discussions, lectures, educator workshops, and performances encourages the continued work of investigative journalism and increasing and retaining reporters and editors of color.