Now Available: Recorded Sessions from the CIC Conference on the Legacies of Slavery

CIC’s multiyear Legacies of American Slavery: Reckoning with the Past initiative culminated with a national conference on September 19–21, 2024, in Memphis, Tennessee. Three recorded sessions from the conference are now available for streaming: “The Unsteady Legacies of American Slavery” (featuring Pulitzer–prize winning historian David Blight and New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie), “The Work of Reckoning and Repair,” and “The Distinctive Role of Independent Colleges in Reckoning with Slavery.” Visit the Legacies website for more details or to watch the recordings. The Legacies initiative was designed to help independent colleges, their students, and their communities grapple with the history, afterlives, and continuing effects of American slavery.


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