From global to local: A new truth commission in the United States
Last month, the state of Maryland made history as it launched a truth commission to investigate racial terror lynchings in the state, from 1854 to 1933. Lab director, Kelebogile Zvobgo joined a group of distinguished speakers at the commission’s public launch, including Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and Maryland House Delegate Joseline Peña-Melnyk (21st District)—the primary sponsor of HB 307, which created th