Events Calendar
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Slavery: A Legacy
January 26, 2022 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Organized by the Center for the Humanities in an urban Environment and a part of Florida International University’s Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Week, “Slavery: A Legacy” explores the various ways in which the Transatlantic Slave Trade continues to shape the present, both in the United States, and in Latin America. Hosted by Professor Andrea Queeley (FIU), this program takes us through voting rights (Professor Gilda Daniels, University of Baltimore), the legacies of anti-Black racism in Spanish America (Professor Lorgia García-Peña, Tufts University), economic inequality and reparations (Professor William Darity, Duke University) and governmental and legal forms of oppression in the Anglophone Caribbean (Professor Heather Russell, FIU). This virtual event is free and open to all people in all time zones.
This program is funded in part through a Florida Humanities Greater Good: Humanities in Academia grant in partnership with Florida International University.
Event Details
Event Date/time:
January 26, 2022 @ 4:00 pm -
January 26, 2022 @ 6:00 pm
