About the Project

…Rockefeller Archives Sarah Moazeni, Wellesley College Emy Pagano, Hunter College CUNY Debbie-Ann Paige, College of Staten Island CUNY Maggie Schreiner, New York University Heather Wilson, New York University Brooklyn Historical Society brooklynhistory.org Current Staff Elizabeth Call, Head of Reference and User Services Marcia Ely, Vice President of External Affairs and Programs Julie Golia, Ph.D., Public Historian Julie I. May, Head of Collectio…

US Department of Education Resources

…ions to both the state and nation in the political, economic, agricultural, legal, and domestic arenas. Despite often seemingly insurmountable odds, Marylanders of color have adapted, evolved, and prevailed. The Legacy of Slavery Study shares its findings through public presentations to audiences both national and local, post-graduate and elementary, religious and secular, and professional and amateur by making numerous source documents, exhibits…

Exhibitions

…klyn Abolitionists This major, long-term exhibit opens on January 15, 2014 and explores the lesser-known heroes of Brooklyn’s anti-slavery movement — ordinary residents, black and white — who shaped their neighborhoods, city and nation with a revolutionary vision of freedom and equality. For opening times and directions please visit brooklynhistory.org Weeksville: Lived Experiences In Pursuit of Freedom Weeksville: Lived Experience…