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The New York Times hosted a virtual discussion with African American business leaders on race and economic opportunity. Speakers included former Xerox Corporation CEO Ursula Burns, Vista Equity…

This film dramatizes the prejudice and rumors that arise in a fictional white suburb when a Black family is seen visiting a home with a “For Sale” sign on the front lawn. Written by poet…

Authors Ainissa Ramirez and Susanne Tedrick and G Code co-founder Bridgette Wallace spoke about women of color working in the tech world. This virtual event was hosted by the Boston Book…

Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors discussed her life, activism, and the beginnings of the Black Lives Matter movement. This virtual program was part of the Schomburg…

The Senate Rules Committee held a hearing on two new Smithsonian museums proposals: the American Women’s History Museum and the National Museum of the American Latino. Senators from both parties spoke…

The Theodore Roosevelt Association hosted their annual meeting. In this portion of the event, panelists discussed President Theodore Roosevelt’s attitudes toward Native Americans, African…

Darius Coombs, Wampanoag and Eastern Woodlands director at Plimoth Patuxet, discussed the culture of the Wampanoag people who lived in the Plymouth area prior to the arrival of the…

The National Museum of the American Indian’s Michelle Anne Delaney traced photography’s evolution while describing a selection of the museum’s images of Native Americans. She also…

Artist Harvey Pratt shared his vision for the National Native American Veterans memorial in a conversation with Kevin Gover, the director of the National Museum of the American Indian. Mr.…

Philip Deloria talked about the work and activism of his father, Vine Deloria Jr. He described how his father’s work was influential on Native American activism and culture in the 1960s. This…

Gregory Smithers talked about Native Americans in the South before the arrival of Europeans. He is the author of Native Southerners: Indigenous History from Origins to Removal and is a…

The principal chief of the Cherokee Nation talked about the tribe’s history following their removal from the Southeast to present-day Oklahoma. Chief Chuck Hoskin focused on how the Cherokee…

University of Richmond Professor and President Emeritus Edward Ayers discussed how the expansion of slavery and westward migration displaced Native Americans throughout the antebellum period, moving…

Trail of Tears Association president Jack Baker talked about the forced relocation of Native Americans in the early 19th century. Mr. Baker, a member of the Cherokee Nation, also discussed his…

Author and Princeton University professor Eddie Glaude applied James Baldwin’s writings on politics and race to navigate the current conversation on race in America. This virtual program…

Oklahoma University law Professor Lindsay Robertson examined Chief Justice John Marshall and the Supreme Court’s decisions in cases involving the Cherokee Nation. In the 1830s under President Andrew…

Kevin Butterfield looked at the origins of U.S. policies toward Native Americans, focusing on the aftermath of the Revolutionary War and the initiatives of George Washington. Mr.…

Washington Post features reporter Helena Andrews-Dye and Elle senior staff writer R. Eric Thomas looked at the life and career of Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA). This virtual program…

History professor Shennette Garrett-Scott discussed the period of Black financial innovation between 1888 and 1930 and its impact on U.S. capitalism through the story of the St. Luke Bank…

Disability rights attorney Haben Girma, a Harvard Law School graduate who has been deafblind since birth, talked about navigating in a sighted, hearing world. This program was part of the…