Charles L. Chavis
Founding Director, John Mitchell, Jr. Program for History, Justice, & Race, The Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution; Assistant Professor of History and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University
2023
Dr. Charles L. Chavis, Jr. is the author of the award winning book, The Silent Shore: The Lynching of Matthew Williams and the Politics of Racism in the Free State (Johns Hopkins University Press; January 2022) which investigates and reconstructs the full story of one of the last lynchings in Maryland. Dr. Chavis is National Co-Chair for the United States Truth Racial Healing and Transformation Movement and Vice Chair of the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission. He also serves on the PBS’s (WNET) Exploring Hate Advisory Committee.
The catalytic power of this Summit in bringing together those who are devoting their lives to pushing back and working to confront, understand and work towards solutions around hate in our society is a noble and difficult task. The Summit not only energized those who attended but led to connecting the dots in a global network of those doing this work. The stories of the victims of hate were painful to witness but their courage in coming forward was inspirational. Those who attended left energized with the hope that by working together solutions can be forged.
