In 2006 Brown released its groundbreaking “Report of the Brown University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice,” confronting and publicly documenting the University’s complex history with the transatlantic slave trade and its legacies of inequity and injustice. A newly released expanded edition, available through an immersive, interactive digital experience and as a printed book, offers insights into the Report’s persistent and evolving impact both on campus and across the world.

On Saturday, May 26, 2022, the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice and the Brown University Library hosted a Commencement Forum to present the revised and expanded second edition of the report featuring remarks by Anthony Bogues, Director of the Center for Slavery and Justice, and Rakim H. Brooks '09, President of Alliance for Justice and AFJ Action. Allison Levy, Brown University Library Digital Scholarship Editor, provided a demonstration of the digital second edition. Joseph S. Meisel, Joukowsky Family University Librarian, offered welcome remarks.