{"id":32,"date":"2021-05-12T14:06:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T18:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2021-05-20T23:48:14","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T03:48:14","slug":"black-lives-matter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/smith-in-the-world\/black-lives-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Racial Equity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As early as the 1940s, Smithies were getting involved in matters of racial justice and equality. The Sophia Smith Collection&#8217;s earliest evidence of Smith student involvement in protesting racism and segregation is an incident from 1948 in which several white Smith students from the Smith Young Progressives of America club joined students from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst in an effort to boycott the Quonset Club in Hadley over its refusal to serve Black students. It was so effective and disruptive that the club&#8217;s owner even wrote to the Smith College Warden to complain about the boycott, claiming that communistic ideas were influencing the girls&#8217; decision.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-32 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/smith-in-the-world\/black-lives-matter\/screen-shot-2021-05-20-at-11-14-13-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"785\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-20-at-11.14.13-PM-785x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-20-at-11.14.13-PM-785x1024.png 785w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-20-at-11.14.13-PM-230x300.png 230w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-20-at-11.14.13-PM-768x1001.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-20-at-11.14.13-PM.png 1106w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 785px) 100vw, 785px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-182'>\n\t\t\t\tFlyer from the Smith Young Progressives of America club explaining the reasons for their boycott of the Quonset Club in Hadley. Sophia Smith Collection, 1948.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/smith-in-the-world\/black-lives-matter\/img_8236\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"904\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8236-904x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8236-904x1024.jpeg 904w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8236-265x300.jpeg 265w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8236-768x870.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-95'>\n\t\t\t\tA letter from the owner of the Quonset Club in Hadley to the Smith College Warden complaining about the Smith students&#8217; boycott. Sophia Smith Collection, 1948.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>With the advent of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s came heightened levels of Smithie involvement in the push for racial equality in America. Smith students both participated in and organized their own marches through campus and downtown Northampton protesting for voting rights for Black people, and some Smith students and faculty members traveled to Selma, Alabama, to march alongside Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1965. Smith students also participated in the Fast for Freedom, an annual event on college campuses nationwide where students would skip any &#8220;between-meal snacks&#8221; for a week and instead donate the money saved to a fund to provide food for impoverished Black families in the American South, specifically Mississippi. By drawing attention to the issues of civil rights and racialized poverty through the only mediums they had available to them as young female students (marching and fasting), they were able to push those with more power and agency to act upon the same issues.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_96\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-96 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8241-1024x858.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8241-1024x858.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8241-300x251.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8241-768x643.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Protest against Negro disenfranchisement. Election night, Nov. 1960.&#8221; Sophia Smith Collection, 1960.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-32 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/smith-in-the-world\/black-lives-matter\/img_8243\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8243-300x235.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-97\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8243-300x235.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8243-768x603.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8243-1024x804.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-97'>\n\t\t\t\tLetters and articles describing Smith students&#8217; support of those fighting for racial justice in Alabama. Sophia Smith Collection, 1965.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/smith-in-the-world\/black-lives-matter\/img_8244\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8244-245x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8244-245x300.jpeg 245w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8244-768x941.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8244-836x1024.jpeg 836w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/smith-in-the-world\/black-lives-matter\/img_8245\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"279\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8245-300x279.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8245-300x279.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8245-768x715.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8245-1024x953.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8245.jpeg 1623w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-32 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/smith-in-the-world\/black-lives-matter\/img_8246\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"639\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8246-639x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8246-639x1024.jpeg 639w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8246-187x300.jpeg 187w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8246-768x1230.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-100'>\n\t\t\t\tPhotos in the Daily Hampshire Gazette of a Smith protest against the violence at the marches in Selma. Sophia Smith Collection, 1965.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/smith-in-the-world\/black-lives-matter\/screen-shot-2021-05-20-at-11-19-52-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"805\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-20-at-11.19.52-PM-805x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-20-at-11.19.52-PM-805x1024.png 805w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-20-at-11.19.52-PM-236x300.png 236w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-20-at-11.19.52-PM-768x977.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-20-at-11.19.52-PM.png 1104w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 805px) 100vw, 805px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-185'>\n\t\t\t\tSmith students participated in the Fast for Freedom, an annual nationwide fast conducted by various college organizations in order to raise awareness and money for the issue of racial poverty in the American South. Sophia Smith Collection, 1960s.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/smith-in-the-world\/black-lives-matter\/screen-shot-2021-05-20-at-11-20-07-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"783\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-20-at-11.20.07-PM-783x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-20-at-11.20.07-PM-783x1024.png 783w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-20-at-11.20.07-PM-229x300.png 229w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-20-at-11.20.07-PM-768x1004.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-20-at-11.20.07-PM.png 1048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>In the 1990s, the epidemic of police violence against Black men became a cause for protest on Smith&#8217;s campus. Following both the Rodney King verdict in 1992 and the Amadou Diallo verdict in 2000, Smith students gathered to protest national injustice and systemic racism, holding signs saying &#8220;U.S. Justice is a Fucking Farce&#8221; and &#8220;Don&#8217;t Forget Diallo.&#8221; This work has continued well into the 21st century, with Smith students becoming heavily involved in the Black Lives Matter movement and the movement to defund\/abolish the police\/end police brutality.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-32 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/smith-in-the-world\/black-lives-matter\/img_8348\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8348-1024x719.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8348-1024x719.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8348-300x211.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8348-768x539.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-101'>\n\t\t\t\tSmith students gather in front of Chapin House following the Rodney King verdict. Sophia Smith Collection, 1992.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/smith-in-the-world\/black-lives-matter\/img_8347\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8347-1024x716.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8347-1024x716.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8347-300x210.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8347-768x537.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_103\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-103 size-large\" style=\"font-size: 1.0625em\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8375-1024x994.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8375-1024x994.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8375-300x291.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8375-768x746.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smith student protests the Amadou Diallo verdict. Sophia Smith Collection, 2000.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2014, President McCartney&#8217;s email responding to the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner contained the subject line &#8220;All Lives Matter,&#8221; a phrase coopted by those intending to detract from the power and message of the Black Lives Matter movement. Regardless of her follow-up apology, tensions surrounding racial and police violence began rising on campus. In the summer of 2018, a staff member called campus police on a Smith student who was in the living room of a residential house that was technically closed for the summer. The subsequent media frenzy surrounding the event further heightened racial tensions on campus, at one point spilling over in the walk-out staged at 2018 Convocation to protest the event&#8217;s handling and the student&#8217;s treatment by the college.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-32 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/smith-in-the-world\/black-lives-matter\/img_8393\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8393-930x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8393-930x1024.jpeg 930w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8393-272x300.jpeg 272w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8393-768x846.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-117'>\n\t\t\t\tPresident Kathleen McCartney&#8217;s community email following the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. Sophia Smith Collection, 2014.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/smith-in-the-world\/black-lives-matter\/img_8394\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"918\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8394-918x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8394-918x1024.jpeg 918w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8394-269x300.jpeg 269w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/663\/2021\/05\/IMG_8394-768x857.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 918px) 100vw, 918px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-118'>\n\t\t\t\tPresident McCarthy&#8217;s follow-up apology email after learning the phrase &#8220;All Lives Matter&#8221; was used by those attempting to detract from the Black Lives Matter movement. Sophia Smith Collection, 2014.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>This incident still looms large in the Smith consciousness, not least of all because of a staff member named Jodi Shaw recently reintroducing the events of the summer of 2018 into the public eye. Her bogus claims of Smith&#8217;s racism against white members of the staff and their attempts to silence her have led to outlets like the New York Times and Fox News rehashing the events of that summer under a newly scrutinous eye in the age of &#8220;cancel culture.&#8221; Not only have Shaw&#8217;s actions forced the student to relive one of the more traumatic experiences of her life, but they have also launched a renewed reckoning over race relations on liberal arts college campuses. As Smith continues to grapple with issues of race on campus and within the higher ranks of its administration, Smith students continue to push toward racial equity and understanding on campus and in the larger world.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As early as the 1940s, Smithies were getting involved in matters of racial justice and equality. The Sophia Smith Collection&#8217;s earliest evidence of Smith student&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/smith-in-the-world\/black-lives-matter\/\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Racial Equity<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3311,"featured_media":0,"parent":19,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-32","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":189,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions\/189"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lcombest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}