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Legacies of American Slavery

an initiative of the Council of Independent Colleges

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  • About UsLearn more about the Council of Independent Colleges and the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University.
    • Council of Independent Colleges (CIC)The Council of Independent Colleges is the nation’s leading association of smaller private colleges and universities.
    • Gilder Lehrman Center (GLC)The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at the MacMillan Center (Yale University) is dedicated to the investigation and dissemination of knowledge concerning slavery and its legacies across all borders and all time, from the distant past through the present day.
    • Meet the Project Team
    • Funders
  • What is a Legacy?An essay by David Blight.
    • Legacy ThemesThis project is organized around nine “legacy themes” that help define the afterlives of slavery
  • Network MembersSeven private colleges and universities serve as the backbone of a growing national network of higher education institutions and community partners.
    • Regional Collaboration PartnersSeven institutions serve as coordinating hubs for the national network.
    • Institutional AffiliatesTwelve additional colleges and universities support regional activities as part of the Legacies network.
  • ResourcesWhat are CIC institutions doing to reckon with the legacy of slavery? Find resources and examples here.
    • Resource DatabaseA publicly available, searchable, and sortable database of existing resources at independent colleges and universities related to the legacies of slavery.
    • Virtual Symposium (2022)CIC and the Gilder Lehrman Center hosted a virtual symposium on the Legacies of American Slavery in April 2022.
  • OpportunitiesOpportunities to participate in the Legacies of American Slavery initiative.
    • Summer 2023 Programs for Faculty and Staff from CIC Colleges (and Community Partners!)
    • Other Upcoming Events
    • Regional Conference Schedule, Fall 2022

Tag: Environmental Justice

Slavery’s lasting effects on America’s agricultural system, natural resources, and landscape, explored through environmental history, environmental ethics, and other tools.

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Legacies links for October 2, 2023: life and death, art and memory, contested citizenship

2 Oct 2023
As always, the editorial team here at the Legacies blog encourages you to share the post with friends, students, colleagues, etc. A link does not imply agreement or endorsement by…
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Legacies links for July 24, 2023: voting rights, Black studies, Black history, brownfields, and shade trees

24 Jul 202323 Jul 2023
As always, we encourage you to share this post with friends, students, colleagues, etc. A link does not imply agreement or endorsement by the Council of Independent Colleges. Mars Hill…
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Legacies links for July 17, 2023: the Memphis massacre, college admissions, geographic racism, and more

17 Jul 202316 Jul 2023
As always, we encourage you to share this post with friends, students, colleagues, etc. A link does not imply agreement or endorsement by the Council of Independent Colleges. Scenes in…
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Legacies links for June 7, 2023: Black bodies “beyond survival”—and other topics

7 Jun 2023
As always, we encourage you to share this post. A link does not imply agreement or endorsement by the Council of Independent Colleges. Artificial Intelligence can be used to perpetuate…
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Legacies links for June 1, 2023: memories of Lincoln, Black cuisine, health inequities, and more memories

1 Jun 20231 Jun 2023
As always, we encourage you to share this post. A link does not imply agreement or endorsement by the Council of Independent Colleges. Samford Biggers, "Lifting the Veil" (2023). source:…
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Legacies links for May 22, 2023: Desegregation, Confederate nostalgia, and other ways of remembering and forgetting the past

22 May 202322 May 2023
As always, we encourage you to share this post. A link does not imply agreement or endorsement by the Council of Independent Colleges. Clinton, Tennessee, 1956: Two years after the…
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Legacies links for May 15, 2023: Petrochemicals, prisons, and psychology

15 May 202315 May 2023
As always, we encourage you to share this post. A link does not imply agreement or endorsement by the Council of Independent Colleges. The industrial stretch of the Mississippi River…
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Legacies links for March 27, 2023: Nature, Historic Preservation, and Benjamin Banneker’s Family Tree

27 Mar 202327 Mar 2023
As always, we encourage you to share this post. A link does not imply agreement or endorsement by the Council of Independent Colleges. The Freedman (1863), a sculpture by White…
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Legacies links for February 27, 2023: Black history is everywhere—and in very specific places

27 Feb 202326 Feb 2023
As always, we encourage you to share this post. A link does not imply agreement or endorsement by the Council of Independent Colleges. Oakwood University’s Slave Cemetery in Huntsville, Alabama.…
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Legacies links for January 17, 2023: Dr. King on campus, ancient DNA, environmental justice, and more

17 Jan 202317 Jan 2023
We took a break on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, but the day after is still a good time to consider the history of social structures and systems that still…

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