Critical Conversations on Race, Ethnicity, and History

July 7, 2020 | by

We are pleased to announce a new series of free webinars. This series will engage participants in important conversations about issues of race, ethnicity, equity, and history. Webinar recordings are available, along with related documents. This series is sponsored in part by the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Program.

July 14 at 7:00pm
Grace Leatherman, NCHE Executive Director
Using Images to Teach Injustice
(Session Video)

July 16 at 7:00pm
LaGarrett King, University of Missouri
Rethinking Black History
(Video is Members Only)

July 21 at 2:00pm
Candacy Taylor, Independent Historian and Author
Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America
(Session Video)

July 21 at 7:00pm
Kevin Levin, Independent Historian and Educator
Teaching the History and Controversy Surrounding Confederate Monuments
(Session Video)

July 23 at 2:00pm
Andrea Kolb, Pennsylvania Department of Education
Teaching History to English Learners
(Slides & Handouts) / (Video Unavailable)

July 23 at 7:00pm
Maribel Santiago, University of Washington
The Complexity of Mexican American Racial Identity in Fighting for Educational Equity
(Handout) / (Session Video)

July 28 at 2:00pm
Josh Reid, University of Washington
Indian Hating and Treaty Rights
(Session Video)

July 28 at 7:00pm
Luis Martínez-Fernández, University of Central Florida
Slavery and Resistance in the Atlantic World
(Session Video)

July 30 at 7:00pm
Ed Ayers and Annie Evans, New American History
Mapping Inequalities
(Session Video)