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Amrita in conversation with Brown Girl Collective Founder Marcie L. Thomas. (“The Vice President's Black Wife by Amrita Chakrabarti Myers,” BGC Book Club Presents)
Amrita discusses implicit bias trainings with PBS Newshour’s Judy Woodruff and University of Wisconsin Professor Patricia Devine. (“Our Everyday Assumptions Can Hurt Others,” PBS Newshour)
Amrita shares the story of Julia Chinn and delves into historic erasure. (“The Vice President’s Black Wife,” University of New England, Center for Global Humanities)
On the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth, Amrita discusses the need to teach African American history in high schools and colleges, and calls on state and federal governments to make Juneteenth a paid holiday. (“The significance of Juneteenth," Fox and Friends)
Following the violent attack on Vaughxx Booker, Amrita explains longstanding racism against Black, Jewish, Muslim, and other minority communities in Bloomington. (“Racism is still alive in Bloomington and southern Indiana,” WRTV6 / ABC)
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Violence in Portland exposes the real purpose embedded in law enforcement (Washington Post)
The Erasure and Resurrection of Julia Chinn, U.S. Vice President Richard M. Johnson’s Black Wife (Association of Black Women Historians)
From slave patrol to storm troopers, America's police have an ugly history (Courier-Journal)
Festering: Amrita Chakrabarti Myers on the wound of racism (1701 Project / The Yale Historical Review)
Cited in: Blackface scandals keep happening. Indiana students are rarely taught its racist history. (IndyStar)