In this episode Pearce Magee discussess his research on anti-lynching campaigns with Dr Melissa Baird.

Pearce Magee is a final-year PhD student at Queen's University Belfast, with a BA and MA in History. His research examines efforts to achieve the passage of a federal anti-lynching law in the United States, aiming to shed light on an important, yet often overlooked, chapter in American history and the fight for racial justice. Pearce has lectured on Lynching and the "Long Civil Rights Movement" at Queens and has presented his work at both the Barnes conference in Philadelphia and the annual HOTCUS conference. More recently, Pearce was chosen to participate in the Heidelberg Centre for American Studies’ Spring Academy, where he presented a chapter of his thesis and had the pleasure of collaborating with some of the world’s most exciting young researchers in the field of American Studies. Additionally, Pearce is a member of the Digital Learning team at Queen's University Belfast, working to improve the digital capabilities of students across the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (AHSS).

Melissa Baird is Assistant Editor with the Documents on Irish Foreign Policy (DIFP) series at the Royal Irish Academy. She is an historian of modern Irish and American history, and her PhD examined the relationship between the Irish diaspora in the United States and the Northern Irish civil rights movement. Her research interests include civil rights, social movements, transnationalism, diplomacy, and popular culture in twentieth-century Ireland and the United States. Melissa has lectured on Irish and American history at Queen's University, Belfast, and co-ordinated several public history projects at the Linen Hall library.