Reflections… Reflections on the Legacies Initiative: The University of the South 23 May 202516 May 2025 Between 2020 and 2025, Sewanee: University of the South (Sewanee, TN), served as a Regional Collaboration Partner in CIC’s Legacies of American Slavery network. Located on a campus that was…
Reflections… Reflections on the Legacies Initiative: Meredith College 22 May 202516 May 2025 Between 2020 and 2025, Meredith College (Raleigh, NC), served as a Regional Collaboration Partner in CIC’s Legacies of American Slavery network. Meredith is a single-sex college with a tradition of…
Reflections… Reflections on the Legacies Initiative: Lewis University 22 May 202516 May 2025 Between 2020 and 2025, Lewis University in Romeoville, IL, served as a Regional Collaboration Partner in CIC’s Legacies of American Slavery network. The university is located near the terminus of…
Reflections Reflections on the Legacies Initiative: Huston-Tillotson University 21 May 202516 May 2025 Between 2020 and 2025, Huston-Tillotson University (Austin, TX), served as a Regional Collaboration Partner in CIC’s Legacies of American Slavery network. Huston-Tillotson is an HBCU located in a city (and…
Reflections… Reflections on the Legacies Initiative: Dillard University 21 May 202516 May 2025 Between 2020 and 2025, Dillard University in New Orleans, LA, served as a Regional Collaboration Partner in CIC’s Legacies of American Slavery network. Located in a city and region that…
Reflections… Reflections on the Legacies Initiative: Centenary College of Louisiana 20 May 202516 May 2025 Between 2020 and 2025, Centenary College in Shreveport, LA, served as a Regional Collaboration Partner in CIC’s Legacies of American Slavery network. The institutional team focused on the theme of…
Reflections… Reflections on the Legacies Initiative: Austin College 20 May 202516 May 2025 Between 2020 and 2025, Austin College in Sherman, TX, served as a Regional Collaboration Partner in CIC’s Legacies of American Slavery network. The college is located in the shadow of…
Links and Resources… Legacies Links for April 28, 2025: Memorials and memories 28 Apr 202528 Apr 2025 On March 29, representatives from Austin College (Sherman, TX) participated in the unveiling of a new historical marker on the grounds of the Grayson County Courthouse, site of a lynching…
Links and Resources… Legacies Links for April 21, 2025: Quiet and Unquiet Violence 21 Apr 202528 Apr 2025 Earlier this month, CIC member Roanoke College hosted a dedication ceremony for “Authors and Architects,” a memorial sculpture that recognizes and honors the role of enslaved people in the college’s…
Links and Resources… Legacies Links for April 14, 2025: Slavery at the Seder Table (and Elsewhere) 14 Apr 202528 Apr 2025 Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on this day in 1865. James Brown, age 104, was the oldest Civil War veteran in Illinois when he was photographed with this portrait of Lincoln…
