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Ilyon Woo chronicled the enslaved couple William and Ellen Craft’s escape to freedom with Ellen posing as a wealthy, disabled white man traveling with William as “his” male slave. .

Black Entertainment Television former CEO Debra Lee spoke about her career in the entertainment industry. The National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.,…

Former Newsweek editor Mark Whitaker looked at the “Black Power” movement in 1966 and its impact on the civil rights movement during that time. Theodore Books in Oyster Bay, New York, hosted this…

Kerri Greenidge (The Grimkes), Rachel Webster (Benjamin Banneker and Us), Kidada Williams (I Saw Death Coming), and Ilyon Woo (Master Slave, Husband Wife) discussed slavery in America and…

Gayle Jessup White, public relations and community engagement officer at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, spoke about the efforts to have Sally Hemings recognized as a descendant of the…

The Heritage Foundation’s Jonathan Butcher (Splintered: Critical Race Theory and the Progressive War on Truth) and the American Enterprise Institute’s Ian Rowe (Agency ) discussed their books.…

Harvard professor Donald Yacovone explored white supremacy ideology in the U.S. from its inception to present day. The Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, Massachusetts, hosted this program.

Tufts University historian Kerri Greenidge talked about the Grimke family and the Black children fathered by the slave-holding older brother of the well-known abolitionist sisters, Sarah…

Authors Eddie Glaude (Begin Again) and Jon Meacham (His Truth Is Marching On) talked about the legacies of author James Baldwin and civil rights leader and former Representative John Lewis…

Author Fatima Shaik provided a history of Economy Hall in New Orleans, which played a vital role in the social and political lives of the city’s Black residents in the 19th and 20th…

Rev. Al Sharpton profiled lesser-known civil rights activists and how they impacted the movement. This was a virtual event hosted by the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.

Harvard Law School professor Randall Kennedy discussed the word “nigger” and its various meanings and uses, and examines the controversies triggered by the word. Politics and Prose…

Ohio State University associate professor Treva Lindsey looked at the legacy of anti-Black violence against Black women and girls in U.S. history. The Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus,…

Historian and Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates provided a history of religion and the importance of the church in Black communities. This was a virtual event hosted by the Gilder Lehrman…

Authors Benjamin Gilmer (The Other Dr. Gilmer) and Chip Jones (The Organ Thieves) talked about their books and the failures of the penal system and the history of medical mistreatment of…

Matthew Spalding ("The 1776 Report"), executive director of former President Trump’s 1776 Commission, and Peter Wood (1620: A Critical Response to the 1619 Project) examined the 1619 Project,…

The New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center hosted a discussion on the legacy of book publisher Amistad as well as the work of the late novelist Zora Neale Hurston. The speakers included…

Nikole Hannah-Jones, creator of the 1619 Project and a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, looked at American history, slavery, and its legacy in present-day America. She was interviewed by…

Biographer Kate Clifford Larson recounted the life of the late civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hammer. This was a virtual event hosted by the Center for Brooklyn History in New York.

Michelle Duster recalled the life of late 19th century journalist, suffragist, and civil rights activist Ida B. Wells. This was a virtual event hosted by the Commonwealth Club in San…