The Free Blacks of Virginia with Sherri Burr

Sherri Burr is the Dickason Chair and Regents Professor Emerita at the University of New Mexico. https://lawschool.unm.edu/faculty/bur... In 2015, she was awarded a Monticello Fellowship to conduct research on the Free Blacks of Virginia, the hundreds of thousands of African-Americans who were free before the Civil War. Burr’s ancestors were among this group. Professor Burr discusses her research which became her 27th book, "Complicated Lives: Free Blacks in Virginia, 1619-1865." https://cap-press.com/books/isbn/9781... The Cleveland Heights-University Heights Library's 1619 Project discussion group meets every second Thursday of the month. We discuss how the legacy of slavery remains a dominant factor of American political, cultural, and social spheres. The library program centers on the articles included in the New York Times Special Sunday Magazine dated August 20, 2019. The program began in October 2019 and has had over 500 people participate. All interviews done by John Piche'. For upcoming programs, additional readings, and resource lists please visit Heights Library's 1619 Project Discussion page https://heightslibrary.org/services/1... #1619Project #slavery #1619Projectdiscussion #1619