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Facing Slavery’s Legacy at Georgetown University
- Date: Thursday, November 03, 2016 - Friday, November 04, 2016
- Time: 11:00 pm
- Location: William G. McGowan Theater, Washington, DC
Adam Rothman, professor of history at Georgetown, discusses the university’s roots in the slave economy of early America and their implications for today. He describes university efforts to research its history and reach out to descendants of the Maryland Jesuit slave community. Rothman is part of the university’s Working Group on Slavery, Memory and Reconciliation.
Presented by the National Archives in partnership with the Historical Society of Washington, DC, as the Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Lecture to open the 43rd Annual Conference on DC History.
All public programs at the National Archives are free and streamed live online via the National Archives’ YouTube channel. Reservations are recommended; seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. The doors to the building will open 45 minutes prior to the start of the program. Use the Special Events entrance on the corner of Constitution Avenue and 7th Street, NW. Click here for more information on getting to the National Archives and parking.Live captioning will be available online and in the William G. McGowan Theater. If you require an alternative or additional accommodation for an event (such as a downloadable transcript or a sign language interpreter), please send an email to public.program@nara.gov or call 202-357-5000 in advance. |