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Gerald Higginbotham is an assistant professor in the Frank Batten School of Leadership & Public Policy at the University of Virginia. He holds a Ph.D. in social psychology from UCLA, and also a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Stanford University. He studies (in his words) “the imprint of history on people’s modern social perceptions and policy attitudes, and the psychological underpinnings of how people perceive history and its consequences.”

OTHER LINKS
--Ronald Reagan's 1983 address before the National Rifle Association
--"The lasting legacy of 1967 Black Panther gun control protest at California Capitol" (article at CBS News, by Steve Large)
--Wikipedia entry on Ida B. Wells-Barnett
--"Historian uncovers the racist roots of the 2nd Amendment" (interview at National Public Radio)

MUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the "cc by" license)
--"The Trail," by Unheard Music Concepts
--"Breath," by Kirk Osamayo
--"Cello," by Ketsa
--"Caress me to sleep," by rui