Rashida Baskerville
JD from Georgetown University
MS from the London School of Economics
BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Rashida Baskerville is an independent historian and attorney in Los Angeles. She earned her JD from Georgetown University, MS from the London School of Economics, and BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Baskerville participated in the National Park Service internship program where she researched antebellum Brooklyn, New York, civil rights era Greensboro, North Carolina, and the rural South. Her research interests include the Civil War, Reconstruction, and 20th century African-American History.
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