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… in Kendi’s words, that “racist ideas have in fact moved people for the good, but usually in the long run for the bad. The belief that slavery was making Black people into brutes” helped end slavery, but when slavery was … all accounts—the most brilliant minds [of their time]: Thomas Jefferson, Calhoun…Definitely not ignorant. How do you …

… gap semester in Spring 2024, Sityana was awarded the Yale Thomas C. Barry Fellowship, which supported her travel to … to open up that space and share the lives and stories of people who are often left out of larger narratives about … but meaningful choices I made, like not photographing people’s faces, not bringing my camera into zawiyas until the …

… spoke about the importance of international support for a people who have suffered violence for hundreds of years. He … Guatemalan judicial system to change and allow indigenous people to demand justice and reparations. Though there have … Tortora’s Spanish in Film course.  Written by Claire Thomas, Class of 2019. Apr 12, 2019 … Maya K’iche’ leaders …

… rubber industry from 1880 to the present. As a 2013-14 Thomas J. Watson Fellow and a 2016-17 SSRC-Mellon … forests, farms, and factories as lenses to examine how people in the colonial Gold Coast and Ghana — especially …

… and South Africa joined GLC Director of Education Tom Thurston to discuss their collaborative work. The following …

… considered to be the first minstrel character, created by Thomas Dartmouth “Daddy” Rice in 1828. Rice was an unemployed … what this poem tells you about the reactions of black people and white people to minstrel performers. Why might the reactions be …

… Hotten, John Camden Irish House of Commons Jefferson, Thomas Johnson, John H. Kale Keeling, Violet King, Rufus … Stuart National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Nast, Thomas National Conference of Colored Men of the United …

… a long history. The times that “try men’s souls,” in Thomas Paine’s phrase, are usually those that test our … precedent. It also poses broader questions: What do the people of this republic owe their governments, and what do governments owe their people? For 230 years this has been one of the most …

… a story lover! And I particularly seek out the stories of people missing from the history books, the stories of black … need lots of help. We put out a call to the community and people came. With leadership from Jim and Judy Alexander, … the State of Rhode Island: RIBS member Melodie Thompson Thomas is working with Providence Black Repertory Company …

… Lehrman Center’s Modern Slavery Working Group, join Tom Thurston on this episode of Slavery and Its Legacies.   … global economy in his Pulitzer-nominated book, Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy. The film based on …