Aniko Bodroghkozy

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Posters memorialize Renee Good and Alex Pretti, two white Minneapolis residents killed by federal agents. AP Photo/Ryan Murphy

February 24, 2026

Aniko Bodroghkozy, University of Virginia

From the civil rights era of the 1960s until today, white victims of government violence have received disproportionate attention.

John Lewis, in the foreground, is beaten by a state trooper during a civil rights voting march in Selma, Ala., on March 7, 1965. AP Photo

July 23, 2020

Aniko Bodroghkozy, University of Virginia

Thanks to some serendipity and fortuitous timing, the images emerging out of Selma had a uniquely powerful effect on the nation.

Then – as now – Americans found themselves transfixed by the news. International Center of Photography

April 2, 2020

Aniko Bodroghkozy, University of Virginia

During our current bout of collective trauma, many of our coping strategies have mimicked the ways Americans responded to the Kennedy assassination.