1.0News and Media/newsLaura Swanson Lindahl '15 MBA/news/author/swansonl/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="6ETv42x6B7"><a href="/news/2016/08/15/bill-greens-lends-historical-perspective/">Bill Green lends historical perspective to Black Lives Matter media coverage</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/news/2016/08/15/bill-greens-lends-historical-perspective/embed/#?secret=6ETv42x6B7" width="600" height="338" title="“Bill Green lends historical perspective to Black Lives Matter media coverage” — News and Media" data-secret="6ETv42x6B7" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> What does it mean to matter?  What does it look like to matter? With the Black Lives Matter movement, questions of racial equity have ignited important—and difficult—conversations in communities and courtrooms, on political campaign trails, and at college campuses. Augsburg College Professor William “Bill” Green studies and writes about Minnesota history and law. He teaches U.S. Civil ...http://www.augsburg.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2016/08/Summer-2016-Pinterest6-256x300.jpg