Uncategorized Legacies links for September 18, 2023: the Constitution and other legacies of slavery 18 Sep 202318 Sep 2023 Yesterday was Constitution Day, a great opportunity to consider the legacies of American slavery. (As always, the editorial team at the Legacies blog encourages you to share this post with…
Links and Resources Legacies links for August 7, 2023: revisiting history, tracking the legacies of slavery 7 Aug 20237 Aug 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. A statue…
Links and Resources Legacies links for July 31, 2023: Undermining history, (Canadian) Emancipation Day, and Pan-African reparations 31 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. (There were…
Links and Resources 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…
Links and Resources… 5 Things We’ve Added to the Resource Database 29 Jun 202329 Jun 2023 The Resource Database aspires to be a one-stop portal for all things related to the legacies of slavery at CIC member institutions. The Resource Database already includes a wide range…
Links and Resources… Legacies links for June 26, 2023: racial healing, affirmative action, and other legal legacies 27 Jun 202328 Jun 2023 A day late, but we're still catching up from the Juneteenth hiatus! As always, we encourage you to share it with friends, students, colleagues, etc. A link does not imply…
Links and Resources 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…
Links and Resources Legacies links for May 8, 2023: horseracing, Vermont, and Tampa Bay all have obscured Black histories 8 May 20238 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. Edward Troye, Portrait of the Racehorse 'Tobacconist'…
Links and Resources 6 Stops on the Underground Railroad on (or near) CIC Member Campuses 4 May 20233 May 2023 The Underground Railroad was an informal network of secret routes and hiding spaces used by thousands of African Americans in the nineteenth century to escape from slavery to the Northern…
Updates from the Network Don’t Say Their Names? What Happens When College Buildings Bear the Names of Racists 26 Apr 202326 Apr 2023 What's in a name? It's difficult—sometimes even wrenching—for institutions of higher learning to reconsider the names and legacies of founders, donors, and other individuals who are prominently featured on their…
