Gleaming in the Shadow of Slavery

Thu Sep 16 , 7 – 11:59 pm

Hosted by The Yale and Slavery Research Project; the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at the MacMillan Center at Yale; and Dixwell Congregational Church, UCC.
Details Introductions: David W. Blight 

Moderator: Crystal Feimster 

Panelists:
Newman Baker
Dr. Rebecca Motley
Valerie Rooks
Jamie Weems
Charles Warner, Jr.

The Yale and Slavery Research Project began in October 2020 with the mission of understanding the history of the university in relation to those who actively promoted slavery, anti-Black racism, and other forms of exploitation,” as Yale President Peter Salovey noted. The project also is investigating the university’s connections to antislavery movements and the social forces that worked to undermine and dismantle slavery and racist ideologies. This panel discussion will explore lineages of families of early African-American staff and students at Yale. Through this program, we hope to give voice to African American descendants of Old Yale who lived in a world with living or recent experiences and memories of slavery.

Sponsored by the Yale and Slavery Research Project; the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at the MacMillan Center at Yale; and Dixwell Congregational Church, UCC

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Admission FREE
Location New Haven
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