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Category: Truth and Reconciliation
Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Renee Gokey (Eastern Shawnee/Sac and Fox/Miami) and Dennis W. Zotigh (Kiowa/San Juan Pueblo/Santee Dakota Indian) summarize the history of Columbus Day and the growing movement to replace it with Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Their article lists the states and cities that…
Read MoreSlave Dwelling Project Community Day, October 12 and 13, 2018
In conjunction with Historical Society of Princeton, Princeton Public Library, Arts Council of Princeton, and Witherspoon-Jackson Historical and Cultural Society, Morven is honored to host a Slave Dwelling Project http://www.slavedwellingproject.org/ Program Oct 12 and 13; bringing Mr. Joe McGill’s program…
Read MoreTouring the Deep South, Where the Confederacy Is Set in Stone
Journalists John Eligon and Trymaine Lee recently toured Southern states to take a measure of attitudes toward preserving the history of the Confederacy and slavery. Among those interviewed were descendants of enslavers, including Jefferson Davis, and enslaved. Opinions expressed include:…
Read MoreThe spot where Emmett Till’s body was found is marked by this sign. People keep shooting it up.
“[I]t took 52 years for historical markers to be erected at locations related to the teenager’s death, which galvanized the civil rights movement after the acquittal. And now, at the spot marking where Till’s body was pulled from the river,…
Read MoreOn This Land: Dance Presenters Honor Manhattan’s First Inhabitants
The article describes the efforts of Emily Johnson to have a land acknowledgement open artistic performances–recognizing the Indigenous tribes who once lived or currently live there. A publication to making an acknowledgement, “Honor Native Land: A Guide and Call to…
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