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Emahunn Campbell, whose name is Islam for “faith,” hails from Fredericksburg, Virginia. As a high school student, his passion for social activism was awakened when he and his friends were detained by police for two hours after his friend was accused of stealing money even though there wasn’t any evidence supporting the accusation. This incident, along with his father’s and brother’s incarcerations, sparked his interest in learning more about mass incarceration in the United States, which later became useful knowledge to help his advocacy work.

He earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English and a B.S. in Political Science from the University of Virginia. Then he earned a Master of Arts (MA) in English Language and Literature from the University of Memphis. During his undergraduate career, his plan was to play football and get drafted for the NFL while attending law school. Soon he realized this was not going to be possible. However, a teacher took Emahunn under his wing, helped him improve his academics, and pushed him to pursue a Master’s degree. He enjoyed going to the University of Virginia because it was close to home, the professors were good, and it was a rural environment. When he attended the University of Memphis, at the time, it had the largest population of black students. He became involved in the English Department and became more involved in politics while reading the works of activists like Malcolm X. He is a Research Fellow at the W.E.B. Dubois Library, where he investigates Dubois’ papers, and does research for his dissertation which also requires him to do public talks on the subject. He is a Visiting Fellow at the American Antiquarian Society, which was in place before the library of Congress. The American Antiquarian Society has confessional literature in which criminals confessed the crimes they did. His dissertation focuses on the imagination and construction of the black criminal and prisons in the African American experience.

He is also a member of the fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha, Incorporated. Many prestigious people have been members of this fraternity such as Martin Luther King, W.E.B. Dubois, and Thurgood Marshall. He is also the secretary of the Mark Twain Circle and was the founder and president of the University of Virginia-Wise Black Student Union. He also is involved in a reading development program for children during summer sessions at UMass.

Emahunn helped found the Students against Mass Incarceration (SAMI) chapter at Mount Holyoke College where female students have become aware of the increasing number of incarcerated women of color and how this issue is ignored by society. Emahunn has also given speeches on racism at Mount Holyoke College such as the abrupt rise of incarcerated people and black individuals being racially profiled by officials.