The tragic mass shooting which killed nine in a church in Charleston in the state of South Carolina has many talking about race relations. In fact, the confederate flag started trending online - driven by those who blame it for stoking racism in America.
If you are covering this story and looking for expert commentary, Robert Chase, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of History is available. Before joining Stony Brook he was the Avery Research Center's Public Historian for African American History and Culture at the College of Charleston, so he knows the Black community of Charleston well. About Robert Chase:As a scholar of the post-1945 period, Dr. Chase's areas of research and teaching include state and racial politics, African American and Latino/a history, urban history, labor history and working-class culture, critical race theory, political and sexual violence, social movements, and civil rights. Born in New York City and raised in Washington, D.C., he received his Ph.D. in US history at the University of Maryland, College Park, where his dissertation was the recipient of the University of Maryland's Ann G. Wylie dissertation award and the E. B. and Jean Smith Dissertation Prize in Political History. Previously, he was the Public Historian of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture at the College of Charleston. Outside of academia, Robert Chase spent eight years as a public policy analyst for Washington, D.C.-area think tanks and public policy research centers.
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