Saturday, Session 1

Publics, as much as historians and large cultural institutions, define how difficult history is remembered or forgotten. Smaller and independent sites and communities increasingly tell local stories of slavery and history that reflect local public memory and desires to remember or disremember a specific past.

Speakers:
Mary N. Elliott, Museum Specialist, The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture
Michael Frazier, African Burial Ground National Monument, National Park Service
Meredith Hardy, Archeologist, Southeast Archaeological Center, National Park Service
Ibrahima Thiaw, Associate Professor of Archaeology at the Institut Fondamental d’Afrique Noire (IFAN), University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar, Senegal
Jennifer Tosch, Founder of Black Heritage Tours, The Netherlands & New York State
Moderator: Françoise N. Hamlin, Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History, Brown University

December 3, 2016
Brown University