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Dedication of the Slavery Memorial

Saturday, September 27, 2014
3:00-5:00 PM
Front Green North
1-21 Prospect Street
President Christina H. Paxson, the Public Art Committee, and the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice invite you to the dedication of a Slavery Memorial. The program will include remarks by sculptor and National Medal of Arts recipient Martin Puryear. A reception will immediately follow the dedication.
The Slavery Memorial recognizes Brown University’s connection to the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the work of Africans and African-Americans, enslaved and free, who helped build our university, Rhode Island, and the nation.

Property Tax as a Legacy of Cotton, Slavery, and Segregation: Larry Menefee and Prof. Mills Thornton

Thursday, October 2nd, 2014
5:30 PM
Petteruti Lounge, Steven Robert '62 Campus Center
75 Waterman Street

The property tax system of Alabama continues the legacies of slavery and segregation. This tax has been challenged by school children of the state. Come hear a discussion of this challenge by Larry Menefee, one of the attorneys handling the case, and J. Mills Thornton, a historian who testified as an expert witness at trial.

Save the date!

Book Talk: From the Revolution in the Tropics to Imagined Landscapes: The Art of Edouard Duval-Carrié

Monday, October 6th, 2014
7:00 PM
94 Waterman Street, Gallery

Did you miss Professor Craig Steven Wilder's September 11th talk at the John Carter Brown Library? See the full recording of the September 11th lecture here or click the photo above.

Beyond the Center...

Wole Soyinka ─ Hatched from the Egg of Impunity: A FOWL CALLED BOKO HARAM

Tuesday, September 30, 2014
4 p.m.
Martinos Auditorium, Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, 154 Angell Street

THIS IS A TICKET ONLY EVENT AND NO MORE TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE. There will be a live stream of this event found here: Brown Live Webcast

CSSJ is a co-sponsor of this event.

CSREA's "What I Am Thinking About Now" Fall Series

Professor Brenda Marie Osbey, Africana Studies
"New Orleans Traditional Religion: Mourning, Redemption, Restoration"
Tuesday, September 30, 12 p.m.

Exploring the ways in which New Orleans Traditional Religion provides and promotes healing, and whether it is possible or desirable to apply traditional healing to contemporary experience in the City.

Get the full fall schedule for this series here.

CSSJ in the news.....

Providence Journal: In iron and stone, Brown University acknowledges slave ties

Be sure to read the ProJo's article on this weekend's slavery memorial unveiling and dedication on Brown's campus.

And don't forget! Join us for the dedication and reception this Saturday, September 27th at 3pm on the Quiet Green (21 Prospect St).