CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF SLAVERY AND JUSTICE
A Place to Learn
TIMELINE OF STUDENT ACTION
Since the Black Student Walkout in 1968, Black students and students of color at Brown University have organized with respect to histories of slavery and their manifestations in the present.
BLACKS AT BROWN
This timeline, spearheaded and created by members of the Inman Page Black Alumni Council, is a living archival document recognizing Black presence at and transformation of Brown University. Following the tradition of the Inman Page Black Alumni Council and the Brown University Slavery and Justice Report, this timeline is a form of witnessing and taking into account the ways in which Black people have been, and continue to be, integral and transformative to Brown University.
The Black Experience at Brown predates 1877. We identify the following:
one slave named Pero
one free African named Mingow
one Native American named Job
who are documented within the University's records as working on the construction of University Hall.
This serves as a historical marker for all who remain nameless in the archive and acknowledge their contributions to the University and are a part of its legacy.
You can view the Exhibit Brochure here.
REMEMBERING RACE AT BROWN
Inspired by Brown’s 250th anniversary, the sophomore seminar by Professor Monica Martinez, Race and Remembering, collaborated to critically examine race at Brown University. On September 27, 2014, Brown University dedicated a memorial to the University’s “relation to the slave trade.” While the slavery memorial is an acknowledgment of Brown’s history with slavery, the university’s public memorialization reflects the ongoing need to critically remember its many silenced narratives. Remembering Race at Brown seeks to provide a platform for these silenced narratives of racial violence that are the legacies of segregation, gentrification, exploitation, colonization, and slavery, all of which are inherent in Brown’s history. Students hope to illuminate specific narratives and events to expand the current understanding of histories of race at Brown. With this exhibit, students hope to create new discussions and continue conversations.
