F24-05 Shining Light on Truth: Yale & Slavery
Special Event | Available (Membership Required)
SPECIAL EVENT! In conjunction with the JCC, we will present this course at no charge.
Founded in 1701, Yale’s past includes direct and indirect ties to slavery. That history cannot be remade. What can be done is to reveal, share and learn from that history so we can strengthen our community and advance Yale and Connecticut’s mission of education and research to create a better future.
We will discuss major events and figures that have greatly influenced race relations during the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries of Connecticut. We’ll also examine how the state’s outlook on slavery impacted the direction of race relations in the United States. Such events include the nation’s first HBCU in 1831, the Amistad, the nation’s only Civil War Memorial that celebrates the Union and the Confederacy, and much more!
Tubyez Cropper
As the Community Engagement Program Manager at the Beinecke Library and local videographer/photographer, Tubyez Cropper has spent the last 10 years bringing essential yet unknown stories of local history to life. As a history scholar and New Haven local, he has spent the last 3+ years working with local schools, churches, historical societies and more to uplift the essential stories that make up the state of CT. More recently, he has been involved in the Yale and Slavery Research Project, greatly contributed to the immersive New Haven Museum exhibition, Shining a Light on Truth, and directed and cowrote the documentary What Could Have Been. Each project gives a detailed history of New Haven and CT in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.