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Emanuel A. M. E. Church

The scene outside Emanuel A.M.E. Church on Sunday, June 21, 2015 This page is an archive of ETV Radio and NPR reports related to the killing of nine members of Emanuel A. M. E. Church in Charleston, SC, on June 17, 2015.

Silent 'Black Lives Matter' March Gave Charlestonians a Chance to Raise Their Voices

South Carolina Public Radio | By Jeanette Guinn

Published June 24, 2015 at 12:59 PM EDT

Participants in "Black Lives Matter" march in Charleston, SC, June 20, 2015.

Joy Vandervort-Cobb is an Associate Professor of Theater at the College of Charleston. She spoke candidly with Jeanette Guinn about her participation in Saturday's "March for Black Lives," which took place in the wake of the recent murder of 9 members of Emanuel A.M.E. Church. Vandervort-Cobb sees the march as part of the process by which the city can begin to heal and move toward racial equality.

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Jeanette Guinn

Jeanette Guinn is a professor in the Arts Management Program in College of Charleston’s School of the Arts and is pleased to have former students working in the US, Europe and Australia. After interning at the South Carolina Arts Commission during graduate school, Jeanette spent 25 great years working as an arts manager.

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