by lindaoppenheim | Jan 17, 2019 | interview
In the days leading up to Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jaime L of the New York Times interviews Bryan Stevenson about incarceration, American history, and Dr. King. ” If we had done the work that we should have done in the 20th century to combat our history of...
by lindaoppenheim | Oct 31, 2018 | books, Events
Wednesday, November 7th, 2018 at 6PM — Labyrinth Books Princeton The American West erupted in anti-Chinese violence in 1885. Following the massacre of Chinese miners in Wyoming Territory, communities throughout California and the Pacific Northwest harassed, assaulted,...
by lindaoppenheim | Jul 3, 2018 | Opinion
Following the Continuing Conversation about Nationalism vs. Patriotism on July 2, Joyce Trotman-Jordan, Not in Our Town board member, wrote the following: I was a freshman in college when I realized for the first time this holiday was not for me. I felt a strong sense...
by lindaoppenheim | May 8, 2018 | Article, Truth and Reconciliation
Sarah E. Bond answers “Yes” to the question about the role of art museums vis a vis the history of slavery in the United States. Describing efforts in a number of museums, including the Princeton University Art Museum, Bond “explor[es] exhibit...
by lindaoppenheim | Mar 23, 2018 | Opinion
Chernoh Sesay Jr. illustrates how applying the social psychology concept of implicit bias to “historical studies of race, human bondage, and post-slavery, might . . . open new revelations and pose new remedies for the issue of race in the United States.” ...
