Week of Events
Sunday, February 21, 2021
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Monday, February 22, 2021
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Tuesday, February 23, 2021
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Wednesday, February 24, 2021
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February 24, 2021 -The Double Standard: Protest Coverage and Racial Bias
The Double Standard: Protest Coverage and Racial Bias
Mass media has a long arm, and a national influence over public opinion of social issues. When protests broke out across the country recently in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, newspapers were quick to try to show the 'true' nature of these demonstrations. However, in trying to show news consumers what they wanted […]
Thursday, February 25, 2021
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February 25, 2021 -The Atlantic Black Box: Reckoning with New England’s Complicity in the Slave Trade
The Atlantic Black Box: Reckoning with New England’s Complicity in the Slave Trade
Atlantic Black Box is a public history project that empowers communities throughout New England to take up the critical work of researching and reckoning with our region’s complicity in the slave trade and the broader slave economy. This grassroots historical recovery movement is powered by citizen historians and guided by a broad coalition of scholars, community leaders, […]
Friday, February 26, 2021
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Saturday, February 27, 2021
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