Kristin Gallas and @JDeWPerry are working on a follow-up to 'Interpreting Slavery for Museums and Historic Sites' (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015).
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Interpreting Slavery retweeted
21 Aug 2025
Has she ever been to a museum? The experience of the Smithsonian Museum of African American History is to descend first into the horrors of slavery, then the building opens up into a grand hall after the Civil War and you walk upwards towards progress and a better future.
21 Aug 2025
White House official Lindsey Halligan: "While slavery is obviously a horrible aspect of our nation's history, you can't really talk about slavery honestly unless you also talk about hope and progress ... we need to stop focusing so much on the lack of progress."
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Interpreting Slavery retweeted
13 Dec 2024
"In Slavery's Wake" sounds like an extraordinary exhibition, leveraging a decade of work by figures like Paul Gardullo and Tony Bogues to tell a story "about Black love and Black freedom, not about white guilt." nytimes.com/2024/12/13/arts/…
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Interpreting Slavery retweeted
11 Dec 2024
One recent visitor to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, one of the nation's most famous slave plantations, objected to a tour guide talking about how the enslaved tended crops:
"Why are you talking about that? You should be talking about the plants."
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The upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States' founding is an opportunity for museums and historic sites with stories of slavery to create programs that explore our collective history. Join our virtual workshop on Oct. 30. Learn more and register at tinyurl.com/3e7kkxwd.
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Interpreting Slavery retweeted
10 May 2024
At the beginning of the pandemic
I believed we would learn
to take care of each other
and though I knows it seems
that all we have learned
is to ignore suffering and death,
the pandemic is not over
which means we still have time
in which to learn
to take care of each other.
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Interpreting Slavery retweeted
27 Mar 2024
Thanks to @people magazine for covering my piece on the Covid-19 and brain health
COVID-19 poses a serious risk to brain health, even in mild cases, and the effects are now being revealed at the population level
Link here: people.com/covid-linked-lowe…
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Interpreting Slavery retweeted
13 Oct 2023
This project is so heartening to see—not least because it centers the lives of the enslaved and gives them a voice in history. bostonglobe.com/2023/10/12/m…
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15 Jun 2023
“Many of us know about the abolition history, but fewer of us know about the history of enslavement.” bostonglobe.com/2023/06/14/m…
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Interpreting Slavery retweeted
11 Apr 2023
Slavery as History and Memory: In this podcast I talk with Dr. Parker at @iah_unc about history & memory of slavery, teaching of history of slavery in the US & Brazil, other spaces where this history is disseminated, and my current projects #slaveryarchive iah.unc.edu/ep127-araujo-pod…
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30 Mar 2023
"Interpreting Energy at Museums and Historic Sites": "By reminding us of our past practices and values regarding energy production and use, historic places can inspire different ways of thinking about transitioning to different energy sources." rowman.com/ISBN/978153815053…
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28 Mar 2023
R.J.M. Blackett's new book is "Samuel Ringgold Ward: A Life of Struggle," about a rise from enslavement to leading intellectual and civil rights leader.
Book talk online @YaleGLC glc.yale.edu/event/glc-book-…
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The "Interpreting Slavery with Children and Teens" workshop covers techniques for developing school programs on the subject of enslavement and strategies for training and caring for the staff implementing the programs. Learn more and register at tinyurl.com/ISCT0423.
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Interpreting Slavery retweeted
11 Feb 2023
The Bray School educated enslaved Americans—while teaching them to embrace slavery. washingtonpost.com/national/…
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Our Interpreting African American History and Culture Resource Kit addresses working with descendant communities, celebrating Juneteenth, interpreting slavery, the impact of the Black Lives Matter movement on museum practice, and more. Access this kit at tinyurl.com/AAHCKit.
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15 Aug 2022
"Art as Memory: the Middle Passage and Its Legacy" explores experiences, contributions, and influence of African ancestors and descendants, and how they are incorporated into a range of artistic expressions. Starts tomorrow, from @MPMarkers. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
Interpreting Slavery retweeted
15 Jun 2022
Breaking news: Boston played a leading role in the slave trade, starting in 1638. Today, the city finally apologized. bostonglobe.com/2022/06/15/m…
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Interpreting Slavery retweeted
26 May 2022
"This is a very complex site. This is a site of tremendous tragedy. It's also a site of honor and pride."
@Fort_Snelling continues to expand their interpretation of the history of enslaved people, the Dakota, and others on the site. startribune.com/mn-historic-…
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Interpreting Slavery retweeted
30 Apr 2022
Powerful article detailing opportunities to learn about slavery and Black history in Bermuda. washingtonpost.com/travel/20…
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Interpreting Slavery retweeted
22 Apr 2022
If you aren't prepared to handle a little *stares in Frederick Douglass*, then I'm sorry, but you have no business on a board overseeing an historic site connected to slavery.
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