Invited to deliver the Distinguished Speaker Series Lecture at my undergraduate alma mater, SUNY New Paltz, I chose a topic inspired by my research into the Underground Railroad and by the temper of the times: "Know When To Leave The Plantation." To set the tone, Dr. Donald P. Christian, president of the college, opened the event with my video, "On History and Healing."
ABOUT THE LATTER END OF AUGUST, Day 22: "Know When to Leave the Plantation"
ABOUT THE LATTER END OF AUGUST is an original 'Janus Adams' series commemorating the arrival of the first Africans bound for slavery in America "about the latter end of August" 1619, and celebrating 400 years of the African American Experience. Thirty daily posts explore history’s myths, inconvenient truths, and delightful surprises. With courage and conscience, we journey from History to Healing and Hope.
*Harambee, a Ki-Swahili chant, means "let's all pull together!"
Emmy Award-winning journalist, author, historian, keynote speaker, Dr. Janus Adams is publisher of BackPaxKids.com and host of public radio’s
“The Janus Adams Show” and podcast.
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