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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

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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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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…
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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…
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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 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'…
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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…
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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…

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