The Black Holocaust: How the Atlantic Slave Trade Still Affects Us Today
Wednesday, 22 Sep 2021 at 7:00 pm – Great Hall, Memorial Union
In this American moment, of questions of academic censorship, why tell the story of the Black Holocaust? What is it? What was/is the significance of depopulation of the African continent for ten centuries, in the past and now? Who participated, benefited, and lost? And, what lessons can we learn about the power of the stories we tell and don't tell, research of oppressed peoples, and the successes and shortcoming of the 2020 racial reckoning?Dr. Kesho Scott is an internationally renowned Diversity Trainer/Consultant, an Associate Professor of American Studies and Sociology at Grinnell College, and an award-winning writer.
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