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Category: Speech
Ta-Nehesi Coates addresses Congress on reparations
Here is a transcript of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ opening remarks at yesterday’s historic Congressional hearing on reparations: “Yesterday, when I asked about reparations, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell offered a familiar reply. America should not be held liable for something that…
Read MoreThe Genres of Slavery, April 24, 2019
Yogita Goyal, Associate Professor of English and African American Studies, UCLA will speak on Wednesday, April 24 at 4:30 pm on the Princeton University campus, Chancellor Green 103.
Read MoreSlavery in the North: Forgetting History and Recovering Memory, April 12, 2019
Marc Ross, Professor Emeritus at Bryn Mawr College, will discuss his new book, Slavery in the North: Forgetting History and Recovering Memory, that explores the history of Northern enslavement and its new emergence in public history. April 12, 7 to 9 pm,…
Read MoreIn Search of the Underground Railroad, April 2, 2019
On Tuesday, April 2, 7 pm, at Rutgers-Camden Campus Center (326 Penn Street, Camden, NJ) Dr. Cheryl LaRoche, author of Free Black Communities and the Underground Railroad: The Geography of Resistance, will given a talk entitled, “In Search of the…
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