by lindaoppenheim | Oct 3, 2022
Speakers: Paloma Duong (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Rafael Rojas (Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, México), Ana Rodríguez Navas (Loyola University Chicago) Discussant: Rubén Gallo (Princeton University) Chair: Rodney Lebrón Rivera (G3,...
by lindaoppenheim | Oct 3, 2022
Speakers: Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel (University of Miami), Jocelyn Fenton Stitt (St. Catherine’s University), Marisa J. Fuentes (Rutgers University) Discussant: Rachel Price (Princeton University) Chair: Andy Alfonso (DCE1, Spanish and Portuguese, Princeton...
by lindaoppenheim | Apr 21, 2018 | Article
Hans Jonathan, born enslaved in St. Croix a Danish possession in 1784, fled to Iceland when a Danish court denied his assertion that he was granted freedom by the crown prince for service in the Danish navy. The Danish government rejected a request by one of his...
by lindaoppenheim | Jan 4, 2017 | Article
“Twenty-two [i]sland nations that make up The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), are calling for reparations for slavery and the genocide the indigenous peoples. . . . the Reparatory Justice Program—a 10-point plan which is being aimed at their former...
by lindaoppenheim | Mar 11, 2016 | Events
Featuring British authors Kerry Young (Pao and Gloria) and Hannah Lowe (Chick and Long Time No See) in conversation with Randy Chin, the CEO of VP Records, based in Queens, NY, the most influential independent record label of reggae and Caribbean music about the...
