Racist violence in the United States dates back to the country’s foundation, but historians and researchers have noted there were periods of mass violence against Black Americans — particularly lynchings — that happened amid America’s political power struggles.
Earlier this month, Professor Joseph Kelly at the College of Charleston, authored an article published at TheConversation.com, “The US has pardoned insurrectionists twice before – and both times, years of violent racism followed,” which explores the roles President Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant played during American Reconstruction, and the racist violence that became part of their legacies.
Kelly is director of Irish and Irish American Studies. He has written about American democracy for more than 25 years. He also authored “America’s Longest Siege: Charleston, Slavery, and the Slow March Towards Civil War.”
Kelly joined BLK News Now! this week to discuss his article and compared the political climate that led to racist violence during the late 19th and early 20th centuries to today’s current landscape during the Trump Administration.
More of Kelly’s research can be found on his website at Joseph-Kelly.com. He can also be found on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. His books, can also be found on Amazon.
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