Cornell and Black History: Highlights from Cornell University Library's Rare and Distinctive Collections

From Rachel Singer February 04, 2021

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Uncover stories for Black History Month as told through Cornell’s Rare and Distinctive (RAD) Collections and its RAD curators! Curators will explore the history of African Americans in the labor movement, noted Cornell alum educator and civil rights advocate Jerome H. Holland, and the harrowing case of the Scottsboro boys. Presentations will showcase rare archival materials from Cornell spanning the Jim Crow era to the present.

Speakers:

Eric Acree

Director, John Henrik Clarke Africana Library; Curator, Africana Collections, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections @Cornell University Library

Presentation: Jerome ‘Brud’ Holland: The First Among Many

Steven Calco

Research Archivist, Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives @Cornell University Library

Presentation: Celebrating Black Labor History at the Kheel Center

Sabrina Sondhi

Director of Law Library Administrative Services & Adjunct Professor of Law @Cornell University Library

Presentation: The Scottsboro Trials Collection

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