A Statement of Solidarity for Racial Justice at SAH

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Research Article| December 01 2020 A Statement of Solidarity for Racial Justice at SAH SAH Asian American and Diasporic Architectural History Affiliate Group; SAH Asian American and Diasporic Architectural History Affiliate Group SEAN MCPHERSON, Co-Chair, Asian American and Diasporic Architectural History Affiliate Group GAIL DUBROW, Co-Chair, Asian American and Diasporic Architectural History Affiliate Group Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Race and Architectural History Affiliate Group; Race and Architectural History Affiliate Group CHARLES DAVIS, Chair, Race and Architectural History Affiliate Group MAURA LUCKING, Associate Chair, Race and Architectural History Affiliate Group Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Minority Scholars Affiliate Group Minority Scholars Affiliate Group LYNNE HORIUCHI, Co-Chair, Minority Scholars Affiliate Group ITOHAN OSAYIMWESE, Co-Chair, Minority Scholars Affiliate Group Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (2020) 79 (4): 376–377. https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2020.79.4.376 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation SAH Asian American and Diasporic Architectural History Affiliate Group, Race and Architectural History Affiliate Group, Minority Scholars Affiliate Group; A Statement of Solidarity for Racial Justice at SAH. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 1 December 2020; 79 (4): 376–377. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2020.79.4.376 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentJournal of the Society of Architectural Historians Search The wrongful murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis police has proven a tipping point in the attitudes and actions of many Americans. Protesters around the country have taken to the streets, during an unprecedented pandemic, to demonstrate their commitment to securing for Black Americans the basic rights and protections that every person should have. We share in their hurt and anger. It was nearly seven years ago that Dianne Harris penned a poignant essay for the Society of Architectural Historians titled “Race, Space, and Trayvon Martin.”1 In this essay, Harris describes the way that the structures and ideologies of anti-Black racism were made material in the tragic death of Trayvon Martin—how histories of spatial segregation and gated communities came to a head in what was described as a case of a young Black man literally “out of place.” Her conclusion that race and space are inextricably linked in... You do not currently have access to this content.