Participant Info
- First Name
- Kyla
- Last Name
- Sommers
- Country
- United States
- State
- DC District of Columbia
- kyla.sommers@gmail.com
- Affiliation
- Independent Scholar
- Website URL
- Keywords
- Washington, D.C., civil disturbances, 1968
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
Kyla Sommers holds a Ph.D. in American history from the George Washington University. Her dissertation, entitled “I Believe in the City,” examines the Black Freedom Struggle and the 1968 civil disturbances in Washington, D.C. She is the former editor-in-chief of the History News Network.
- Recent Publications
“Covid-19′s disruptions echo the disturbances that followed MLK’s assassination,” Washington Post, April 4, 2020
“How politicians use fear of cities like Baltimore to stoke white resentment,” Washington Post, July 29, 2019
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- twitter.com/Kyla_in_DC
- Country Focus
- USA
- Expertise by Geography
- United States
- Expertise by Chronology
- 20th century
- Expertise by Topic
- Politics, Race, Rebellion & Revolution, Urban History
