Students at Ohio University went on a Civil Rights tour by bus over spring break; they visited historic sites, news organizations, spoke with those wrongly convicted and historians. There were classes leading up to it and following it. One student came in my office a week later and discussed how she lived in a non-diverse racial area in Ohio and that this experienced really opened her eyes. She did a daily journal and is going home over this weekend to write down all the things going through her, so she remembers. Also, international students also participated. Interesting perspectives on history and today... On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 11:57 AM Shockley, Linda < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > This is great to know, Victoria. Thanks for sharing with me. I am rusty at > posting so think I failed to send my message to the whole list. > > On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 11:14 AM, Victoria LaPoe <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> Students at Ohio University went on a Civil Rights tour by bus over >> spring break; they visited historic sites, news organizations, spoke with >> those wrongly convicted and historians. There were classes leading up to it >> and following it. One student came in my office a week later and discussed >> how she lived in a non-diverse racial area in Ohio and that this >> experienced really opened her eyes. She did a daily journal and is going >> home over this weekend to write down all the things going through her, so >> she remembers. Also, international students also participated. Interesting >> perspectives on history and today... >> >> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 10:58 AM Shockley, Linda < >> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> This could have value for a potential session. I recently spoke on the >>> Kerner Commission Report to students at the University of Delaware on an >>> invitation from Deb Gump who directs the program there. >>> >>> The professors and I devised these papers for the students before my >>> visit. They updated them to include how Black Lives Matter demonstrations >>> are covered. I haven't seen the resultant papers but it would be >>> interesting to talk about Kerner including what students know or don't know >>> about it. >>> >>> What was interesting to me was that since contemporary history is not >>> taught or understood, students couldn't put the elements of discrimination >>> and racism around this discussion into context. As an older person, I did >>> not share their frame of reference. I used terms many had not heard before. >>> >>> De facto and de jure segregation, redlining, voter suppression, poll >>> tax, grandfather clause, Great Migration. That is a tremendous >>> challenge in preparing communicators. >>> >>> >>> 1. Research coverage of a 1960s-era riot in their hometown, within a >>> 100-mile radius or in their state. How did the local (state or national) >>> media cover the story? Who reported it? How was the story framed? Also, if >>> editorials were published what position did they take? >>> >>> 2. Look at the basic recommendations of Kerner for media and assess >>> how well or how poorly those recommendations have been implemented. >>> >>> 3. Pick two newspapers and compare and contrast coverage of Bloody >>> Sunday, the Montgomery bus boycott or passage of the Voting Rights Act >>> of 1965. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 10:27 AM, Collins, Janice Marie < >>> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>>> I would love to join and also lead a panel if needed to discuss the >>>> Kerner Commission. The commission has been a part of some of my research >>>> and I think it would be nice to revisit the topic as to the questions of >>>> have things improved? We have evidence in the media and journalism that it >>>> really hasn't changed that much...we are still divided and we still report >>>> on the stereotypical....African Americans in sports, entertainment and >>>> crime. 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OF AEJMC [ >>>> [log in to unmask]] on behalf of Anita Fleming-Rife [ >>>> [log in to unmask]] >>>> *Sent:* Thursday, March 29, 2018 9:14 AM >>>> *To:* [log in to unmask] >>>> *Subject:* 50th Anniversary of Kerner >>>> >>>> This is the 50th Anniversary of the Kerner Commission Report. >>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=810+South+Wright+Street+%0D%0A+Urbana,+Illinois+%C2%A0++61801+%0D%0A+(217&entry=gmail&source=g>Are >>>> there any proposed panels that focus on this milestone? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> With Kindness, >>>> >>>> Anita Fleming-Rife, Ph.D. >>>> >>>> Kindness is a language that the mute can speak and the deaf can hear. >>>> >>>> "Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the >>>> people who prepare for it today." 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