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Category: Truth and Reconciliation
Can Art Museums Help Illuminate Early American Connections To Slavery?
Sarah E. Bond answers “Yes” to the question about the role of art museums vis a vis the history of slavery in the United States. Describing efforts in a number of museums, including the Princeton University Art Museum, Bond “explor[es]…
Read MorePrinceton University Honors Diverse Community Members
Princeton University announced plans to honor graduates, faculty, and formerly enslaved persons associated with the school. They will name “a publicly accessible garden between Firestone Library and Nassau Street for Betsey Stockton and the easternmost arch in East Pyne Hall…
Read MoreTheir Ancestors Were on Opposite Sides of a Lynching. Now, They’re Friends.
The book Karen Branan, a white journalist from Georgia, wrote about a 1912 lynching in Georgia, in which her family members participated, was read by Jackie Jordan Irvine, an black Alabama native and a professor emeritus of urban education at…
Read MoreDigging up the Past
In this Tedx Talk (Dec 8, 2017), Joseph McGill describes his work and advocacy in preserving sites where enslaved people existed. To hear his talk, click here. If you are interested in helping Not in Our Town in its Truth…
Read MoreShirley Satterfield, longtime Princeton resident, reflects on history of Princeton’s African American community
Historian of the Princeton African American community and Not in Our Town board member, Shirley Satterfield shared her memories of growing up the Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood with undergraduates and graduate students at Princeton University’s Whitman College on Tuesday, December 5. Read…
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