Transforming the Narrative of Racial Struggle in the Social Movement for Racial Justice

The Black Lives Matter movement and other racial justice organizations have challenged the dominant historical narrative and advocated a new understanding of the racial struggle for civil rights. Social psychologists Rezarta Bilali and Michelle Twali will examine how racial justice activists make sense of the history of racial struggle, how it shapes their activism, and identify what aspects of the history of racial struggle the public is exposed to via social media. They will conduct focus groups and social media analysis of Twitter for their study.