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\nChavis worked from previously undiscovered documents to reconstruct t he full story of one of the last lynchings in Maryland\, including the pol itically-driven aftermath which led to the state&rsquo\;s Interracial Comm ission\, a pioneering force in the early civil rights movement.
\n&l dquo\;The Silent Shore \;is a must-read account of the 1931 lynching o f a young Black man on a December evening in downtown Salisbury\, Maryland &hellip\; Chavis digs deep\, finding documents never before seen publicly\ , to present a rich and revealing story of how lynchings were planned and executed\, and of the conspiracy of silence among white people in the regi on that shrouded the perpetrators of lynching from accountability. The sto ry resonates with power and caution for our contemporary efforts to addres s racial violence and discrimination.&rdquo\; &mdash\;Sherrilyn Ifill\, pr esident/director-counsel\, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund\, Inc. \, author of \;On The Courthouse Lawn: Confronting the Legacy of Lynch ing in the Twenty-First Century
\n&ldquo\;Chavis\, who has discovere d period sources that shed new light on the lynching of Matthew Williams&m dash\;a Black man who was killed by a mob in Salisbury\, Maryland\, in 193 1&mdash\;brings the sensibilities of both a scholar and a history detectiv e to bear in scrutinizing the ins and outs of an often complicated story a nd narrative arc.&rdquo\; &mdash\;Claude A. Clegg III\, University of Nort h Carolina at Chapel Hill\, author of \;The Black President: Hope and Fury in the Age of Obama
\nABOUT THE SPEAKER:
\nCharles L. Cha vis\, Jr.\, author of \;The Silent Shore: The Lynching of Matthew Will iams and the Politics of Racism in the Free State\, is is the founding dir ector of the John Mitchell\, Jr. Program for History\, Justice\, and Race at George Mason University&rsquo\;s Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for P eace and Conflict Resolution\, where he is also an assistant professor of Conflict Analysis and Resolution and History. Chavis is also national co-c hair for the United States Truth\, Racial Healing\, and Transformation Mov ement and the vice chair of the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
\nCOMMUNITY PARTNERS
\nWe appreciate the support of our community partners for helping share information about this event:& nbsp\;John Mitchell\, Jr. Program for History\, Justice\, &\; Race\, Ji mmy &\; Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution\, Geor ge Mason University\; \;The Racial Terror: Lynching in Virginia \; project\, Department of Justice Studies\, James Madison University.
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