Adam Seagrave – The Conversation

University of Missouri students at a 2015 rally to demand the college president’s resignation amid allegations of racism on campus. AP Photo/Jeff Roberson

November 12, 2024

Racism is such a touchy topic that many US educators avoid it – we are college professors who tackled that challenge head on

Adam Seagrave, Arizona State University and Stephanie Shonekan, University of Maryland

A history course created amid the upheaval of the Black Lives Matter movement invites students to have honest conversations about race. Now in its seventh year, it uses music to build bridges.

Abolitionist John Brown, left, and President Abraham Lincoln, right, were both moral crusaders. Hulton Archive/Getty Images & Stock Montage/Getty Images

February 11, 2023

John Brown was a violent crusader, but he blazed a moral path that the cautious Lincoln followed to end slavery

Adam Seagrave, Arizona State University

President Lincoln was a statesman. John Brown was a radical. That’s the traditional view of how each one fought slavery, but it fails to capture the full measure of their devotion.

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