Featured Video… Legacies of American Slavery: The Public History Institute 1 Feb 2024 Last week, we shared a video of Cynthia R. Copeland in which she discussed the power of public history to engage communities and reckon with the past. This week, Copeland…
Featured Video What is Public History? A Brief Introduction 25 Jan 202425 Jan 2024 https://player.vimeo.com/video/906387103 One goal of the CIC Legacies of American Slavery initiative is to expand and elevate public discussions about the history and impact of slavery, using the critical tools and…
Featured Video Huston-Tillotson University’s Community Engaged Research Program 6 Jul 20239 Jul 2023 https://vimeo.com/840154642/a25069d145 Huston-Tillotson University (Austin, TX) is a CIC member institution, an HBCU, and a Regional Collaboration Partner in the Legacies of American Slavery initiative. HT's focus has been the legacy…
Featured Video… What is “Gerrymandering”? 5 Dec 20225 Dec 2022 There are only two states in the nation where voters are asked to vote multiple times for the same candidates until one of them secures a plurality (not just a…
Featured Video Academic Disciplines Confront Racist Histories 16 Nov 20226 Nov 2022 https://vimeo.com/713009870/7b6100543d Daniel Martinez HoSang discusses how the histories and practices of some academic disciplines—from psychology to art history—make it more difficult for scholars to confront racist legacies. HoSang is Associate…
Featured Video… What is “Contested Citizenship”? 7 Nov 20226 Nov 2022 Election week is always an appropriate time to think about the ongoing struggle for voting rights and the legacy of American slavery. There has never been an easy path towards…
Featured Video Will We Lose Donors for Uncovering Institutional Wrongs? 2 Nov 20222 Nov 2022 https://vimeo.com/713024155/7cf522415a Do colleges run the risk of losing donors if they embrace an honest reckoning with race? Perhaps—but Leslie Harris (Northwestern University) argues that forward-looking institutions are much more likely…
Featured Video What Does Antiracism Mean? 26 Oct 202228 Sep 2022 https://vimeo.com/712918563/b2bf8ea4ed What does the contentious word "antiracism" actually mean? David Blight discusses the term with Daniel Martinez HoSang, author most recently of "Under the Blacklight: The Intersectional Vulnerabilities that Covid…
Featured Video Diverse Colleges for a Diverse Future: Meeting People Where They Are 12 Oct 202228 Sep 2022 https://vimeo.com/713027996/f6558a8ff6 In this clip, historian Leslie Harris (Northwestern University) explains how American colleges and universities of all sorts—from public flagships to small private institutions—can contribute to public understandings of diversity.…
Featured Video Bringing Antiracist Practices into the College Classroom 5 Oct 202228 Sep 2022 https://vimeo.com/713006712/b1d5bc7b63 Daniel Martinez HoSang challenges faculty members at colleges and universities to bring antiracist practices to what they do best: teaching and learning. HoSang is Associate Professor of Ethnicity, Race,…
