Links and Resources… Scholars from CIC Member Institutions Write about the Legacies of Slavery 30 Jan 202530 Jan 2025 Here is a very short list of academic publications by scholars affiliated with CIC member institutions that were published during the past six months. It is NOT comprehensive! photo: Iñaki del…
Links and Resources… Legacies Links for January 27, 2025: L.A. Fires, Civil Rights Struggles Up North, Black History 27 Jan 202527 Jan 2025 In 2008, the Museum of the City of New York commissioned artist Mike Alewitz (via the Puffin Foundation) to create a mural celebrating the history of labor and social justice…
Reflections… Uncovering Connections to Slavery on a Florida Campus 29 Aug 20246 Nov 2024 Guest contributors: Claire Strom and Rachel Walton* Rollins College (Winter Park, Florida) c. 1901 and today. Source: Rollins College (left image, right image). The Locating Slavery’s Legacies database (LSLdb) has been developed by…
Updates from the Network On Hallowed Ground at Goucher College 8 Aug 20248 Aug 2024 Epsom Mansion, the main house on Epsom Farm, a former plantation purchased by Goucher College when it moved from Baltimore to Towson, Maryland, in 1953. The mansion burned down in…
Links and Resources… Legacies links for February 26, 2024: The Uses of Black History 26 Feb 202426 Feb 2024 Black History Month is almost over but we still have so much to share! As always, we encourage you to pass this post along to friends, students, colleagues, etc.; as…
Links and Resources… Legacies links for February 12, 2024: Lincoln’s Birthday 12 Feb 202412 Feb 2024 It's the second full week of Black History Month and the 215th birthday of Abraham Lincoln. As always, we encourage you to share this post (though a link here does…
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…
Links and Resources… Five New Items in the Resource Database 11 Jan 2024 The Legacies of American Slavery Resource Database continued to grow in 2023, with many new examples of how independent colleges help their students, their institutions, and their communities reckon with…
Updates from the Network Higher Education, Colonization, and Black Unfreedom: A Case from Middlebury College 14 Dec 202314 Dec 2023 Martin Henry Freeman (1826-1889), the first African American college professor in American history. source: Middlebury College Guest contributor: Daniel F. Silva* When Martin Henry Freeman graduated from Middlebury College (in Middlebury, Vermont)…
Updates from the Network Monuments to the Enslaved at Independent Colleges 7 Dec 20237 Dec 2023 A growing number of American colleges and universities, both large and small, have committed themselves to addressing the history and legacy of slavery on their campuses. Larger institutions with deeper…
