Join us the second Thursday of each month, on Zoom, as we continue to discuss how the legacy of slavery and race remain dominant factors in American political, cultural, and social spheres.
The library program centers on an article packet which serves as the discussion text each month. Past discussion topics included the history of slave laws, policing in America, and Critical Race Theory.
All current packets are available on this website and at any of the Heights Libraries. Previous packets are available as .PDFs in the Materials Tab.
Unpacking 1619 Podcast
Unpacking 1619 features interviews with scholars from around the country in which we unpack topics relating to the 1619 Project and race in America. Hosted by Adult Services Librarian John Piche.
YouTube Video Playlist
You can view the entire playlist of 1619 project interviews on our YouTube page.
Upcoming Discussion
Slavery’s Legacy In Health and Medicine:
State of Minority Mental Health
For the upcoming discussion, we continue exploring issues of race and mental health by reading “Slavery and Its Afterlives in US Psychiatry” by Elodie Edwards-Grossi, “Growing Up With an Undocumented Parent in America” by Shawn S. Sidhu, “For Black people, the mental effects of police killings linger” NBC NEWS, “Walter Patton’s Ghetto Therapy™️ supports community wellness from Signal Cleveland and “Black women working to dismantle ‘strong Black woman’ trope, break stigma around mental health.”
Zoom Discussion
Thursday, April 11th, 2024 on Zoom
7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Zoom ID: 823 648 5349
Password: 691353
Latest Interviews
Land and Identity in Africa with Kevin C. Dunn
Kevin C. Dunn, the Donald R. Harter ’39 Professor of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Hobart and William Smith Colleges talks about his book,...
Judges and White Supremacy with Vida Johnson
Vida Johnson, professor at law at Georgetown law, discusses her article "White Supremacy and the Bench." In which she describes how judges maintain...
How Parents Talked To Their Children About BLM with Onnie Rogers
Leoandra Onnie Rogers, Professor of Psychology at Northwestern University, discusses her article, "Exploring Whether and How Black and White Parents...
Slavery Origins of Gynecology with Deirdre Cooper Owens
Professor Deirdre Cooper Owens discusses her book, Medical Bondage: Race, Gender and the Origins of American Gynecology, which traces the origins of...
Latest Lectures
Unpacking Our History Lecture: Grant and the Klan
Join Fergus Bordewich as he discusses his new book, "Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction." Klan War is a bold and...
Unpacking Our History Lecture – Eugenics After Slavery
Eugenicists’ study of mixed race people with Black and white ancestry did not emerge in a vacuum. Slavery not only gave rise to myths about mixed...
Unpacking Our History Lecture: Disease, Slavery, and Politics in New Orleans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1uS1r6zk7s Antebellum New Orleans sat at the heart of America’s slave and cotton kingdoms. But it was also the...
What Modern Medicine Gained from Slavery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOM03Nr__n8 Medical science in antebellum America was a paradox: it presumed African Americans to be less than human...
Latest Packet
All Materials
African Identity & Loss of Culture
Criminal Justice, Prisons, and Race
Slavery and Reparations Part 1
Slavery and Reparations Part 2
Slavery and the American Dream
Slavery in America Part 1 (1619 – 1699)
Slavery in America Part 2 (1699 – 1779)
Slavery in America Part 3 (1779-1859)
Slavery in America Part 4 (1859-1939)
Slavery in America Part 5 (1939-2019)
Slavery’s Legacy In Health and Medicine Part 1
Slavery’s Legacy In Health and Medicine Part 2
Slavery’s Legacy In Health and Medicine Part 3
Slavery’s Legacy In Health and Medicine Part 4