Slavery and Reconstruction at the New York Historical Society, New York City

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Voices from the Dark Side of Freedom: A Musical Evening
with Just Friends
Location: New York
Date: 2006-01-17
Description: In celebration of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday
the Manhattan vocal group Just Friends will perform songs of
slave history and discuss the messages behind them at the
New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West 77th St by
the B, C trains. For more information contact the public
programs ...
URL: www.slaveryinny.org
Announcement ID: 149228
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=149228

The Enduring Legacy of Slavery
Location: New York
Date: 2006-01-19
Description: A panel of professors hailing from Yale, Harvard,
Penn State, Georgetown, and UC Berkeley will discuss historical
justice in the United States with regards to slavery at the
New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West 77th St by
the B, C trains. For more information contact the public
program ...
URL: www.slaveryinny.org
Announcement ID: 149229
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=149229

Uncovering, Discovering and Recovering: What Happened to
the History of Slavery in New York?
Location: New York
Date: 2006-01-26
Description: Thursday, January 26, 2006, 6:30 pm. A panel
discussion about the elusive history of slavery in New York
will include professors from the University of Maryland and
Emory University and representatives from the New-York
Historical Society and the Schomburg Center for Research in
Black Culture at the ...
URL: www.slaveryinny.org
Announcement ID: 149230
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=149230

Visit the Web site of the exhibit at: http://www.slaveryinnewyork.org/

Treasures in the Stacks – I Should Write About These More Often!

War clouds gathered and America’s press reacted. In 1941 an organization known as WHAT AMERICA THINKS, INC. published a collection of editorials and cartoons drawn from a large cross section of the nation’s newspapers. The title of this massive collection (1,491 pages) is What America Thinks: Editorials and Cartoons. Lockwood Library Book Collection D442.W5. I cannot vouch for it capturing the full range of reaction to the events of summer 1938 to fall 1940, but its contents are prophetic and well worth a look. There’s also some irony, but I’ll let you look for it – it’s there in some of the claims and reactions. For students, as well as others, this is a treasure trove – it would take an impossible effort to compile this material from scratch. Not all time savers are on the Web!

The preface reads:

The swiftly moving events, with all they mean to America, socially, economically and morally, have not gone unheeded. The free press of the United States has captured and translated into cartoon and editorial thousands of the dynamic scenes that have flashed across the world panorama. The freedom, clarity and honesty with which these recordings have been made are a sterling tribute to a great Democracy.