Understanding the Origins of Racial Inequity

WHAT: The second panel in this series “Hidden History: Understanding the Origins of Racial Inequity” will focus on Emancipation Proclamation through Post Reconstruction: 1863–1902. Panelists will discuss the consequences of Reconstruction and Jim Crow to Black southerners, laws and efforts to control freed slaves, and the Wilmington Insurrection.

WHO: Featured panelists are:

• Kate Masur, PhD, associate professor, Northwestern University
• William Harris, PhD, professor emeritus, University of New Hampshire
• Christopher Everett, Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University
• Moderated by Brian Conybeare, news anchor, ABC57

WHEN: Tuesday, May 11, 2021, 7 p.m.

WHERE: The free event will take place online via Zoom webinar. Registration is required. Learn more and register online here.