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…
Links and Resources Legacies Links for April 7, 2025: Erase or Repair the Afterlives of Slavery? 7 Apr 202528 Apr 2025 Black cafeteria workers on strike, Washington, DC (1941). Source: Washington Area Spark/Flickr Please share this post. As always, a link here does not necessarily mean agreement or endorsement by the…
Links and Resources Legacies Links for March 24, 2025: Remembering Slavery, Segregation, and the Great Migration 24 Mar 202524 Mar 2025 As always, we encourage you to share this post. A link does not necessarily imply agreement or endorsement by the Council of Independent Colleges. Richard Allen (1760–1831) was born into…
Links and Resources Legacies Links for March 17, 2025: Postal History is Black History is American History (and Other Topics) 17 Mar 202516 Mar 2025 As always, we encourage you to share this post. A link does not necessarily imply agreement or endorsement by the Council of Independent Colleges. Minnie M. Cox (1869-1933) was appointed…
Links and Resources Legacies Links for March 10, 2025: Bloody Sunday at 60, New Books, and Memory Work 10 Mar 202510 Mar 2025 As always, we encourage you to share this post. A link does not necessarily imply agreement or endorsement by the Council of Independent Colleges. March 7, 2025, marked the 60th…
Links and Resources Legacies links for March 3, 2025: Preserving Black History and Communities 3 Mar 2025 As always, we encourage you to share this post. A link does not necessarily imply agreement or endorsement by the Council of Independent Colleges. Kenyon College's (Gambier, OH) Ransom Hall.…
Links and Resources… Legacies Links for February 24, 2025: The Catholic Church and Other Institutions Reckon with Slavery 24 Feb 202524 Feb 2025 As always, we encourage you to share this post. A link does not necessarily imply agreement or endorsement by the Council of Independent Colleges. A. Philip Randolph (1889-1979) was an…
Links and Resources Legacies Links for February 17, 2025: Memory and Preservation 17 Feb 202517 Feb 2025 Frederick Douglass (1818-1895): abolitionist, author, and orator, pictured here in 1879. Douglass died 130 years ago this week. Source: Wikimedia Commons Happy Presidents’ Day! A good time to remember that…
