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Featured Research Sophie Trawalter, Michele Claibourn and Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi Confederate monuments and the history of lynching in the American South: An empirical examination Read The Article
Dec 07, 2021 Batten Student to Pursue Master of Global Affairs Degree as a Schwarzman Scholar in Beijing
Jan 21 Uncovering History: A New Exhibit Exploring the Untold Stories of Pavilion X Jan 21, 2022 / 2:00-4:00 PM REGISTER