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…
Featured Video What is Public History? A Brief Introduction 25 Jan 202425 Jan 2024 https://player.vimeo.com/video/906387103 One goal of the CIC Legacies of American Slavery initiative is to expand and elevate public discussions about the history and impact of slavery, using the critical tools and…
Links and Resources Legacies links for January 22, 2024: Black Archives, Civil War Debates, and Civil Rights before “Brown” 22 Jan 202422 Jan 2024 As always, we encourage you to share this post, though a link here does not imply full agreement or endorsement by the Council of Independent Colleges. Loyola University Maryland (Baltimore,…
Links and Resources Legacies links for January 8, 2024: Rosenwald, Poinsettias, and a Hymn 8 Jan 20248 Jan 2024 Happy New Year! We're back from our holiday hiatus to bring you a few weeks' worth of links about the legacies of American slavery. As always, we encourage you to…
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)…
Links and Resources Legacies links for December 4, 2023: Radical Art, Radical Reconstruction, Radical Intellectuals 4 Dec 20234 Dec 2023 As always, we encourage you to share this post, though a link here does not imply full agreement or endorsement by the Council of Independent Colleges. "The original Fisk University…
Links and Resources Legacies links for November 6, 2023: Catching up with the network (and other links) 6 Nov 20236 Nov 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…
Updates from the Network Discovering the Real Legacy of Slavery at Franklin & Marshall College 19 Oct 202319 Oct 2023 The two namesakes of Franklin & Marshall College were both enslavers. The statues of John Marshall (right) and Benjamin Franklin (left) were wrapped in tarps after being vandalized in 2021.…
Links and Resources Legacies links for October 16, 2023: the Underground Railroad, preserving the past, racial identities 16 Oct 202316 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…
Links and Resources Legacies links for October 9, 2023: Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Slavery in Art, Reparations and Memories 9 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…
