Khari Bowman is a program coordinator at Facing History and Ourselves. Her journey with Facing History started about seven years ago as a high school student in Memphis, where she took a Facing History elective course. While completing a course project, she and her classmates learned of the wrongful lynching of Ell Persons and decided to make their community aware of it. They raised money for a historical marker and were a part of a ceremony that commemorated his life and brought awareness to their community. She earned a B.A. in English Literature from Bryn Mawr College in 2021.