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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: Racial Violence and Resistance

Organized violence against former slaves and their descendants as well as the organized and ad hoc efforts by African Americans and their allies to resist state and extrajudicial violence.

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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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Teaching Slavery in Texas: Report from a Syllabus Workshop at Austin College

31 Aug 20231 Sep 2023
Map Showing the Distribution of the Population of Enslaved People in Texas, 1860. Source: Lost Texas Roads Guest contributor: Claire Wolnisty* This summer, scholars from six Texas institutions of higher…
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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 July 10, 2023: the Tulsa Massacre and other echoes of slavery

10 Jul 202310 Jul 2023
Still catching up on links since Independence Day! As always, we encourage you to share this post with friends, students, colleagues, etc. A link does not imply agreement or endorsement…
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Legacies links for May 1, 2023: Black artists and news from CIC members

1 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. Hank Willis Thomas, Then Is Now (2017).…
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Legacies links for April 24, 2023: banjos, secrets, and credit scores

24 Apr 2023
As always, we encourage you to share this post. A link does not imply agreement or endorsement by the Council of Independent Colleges. Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Banjo Lesson (1893).…
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Legacies links for March 20, 2023: some recent scholarship illustrating the legacies of slavery

20 Mar 202320 Mar 2023
This week, a selection of recent scholarship related to the legacies of slavery. Access to some of these articles may be limited to subscribers. As always, a link here does…
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Update from Austin College

8 Mar 20237 Mar 2023
George Hughes (left), shortly before he was lynched by a white mob in Sherman, Texas (1930). Rioters also burned down the county courthouse and a significant portion of the Black…
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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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Legacies links for January 9, 2023: independent colleges (and others) explore the afterlives of slavery

9 Jan 2023
We’re back with new links for a new year (but reaching back into late 2022, while we were on a break). As always, we encourage you to share this post.…

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