1h 54 min
Bearing Witness: The Whitney Plantation Bearing Witness: The Impact of Memorialization
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- Sociedad y cultura
The memorialization and commemoration of the lives taken and lineage affected by the Atlantic slave trade and the institution of slavery in America is a fairly new field. On December 7th, 2014, the Whitney Plantation opened as a memorial ground and a museum in Wallace, Louisiana. It was the first of its kind in the US. In this episode we speak with two people whose work helped make the museum and memorial what it is today. Director of Research, Dr. Ibrahima Seck is a preeminent researcher, au...
The memorialization and commemoration of the lives taken and lineage affected by the Atlantic slave trade and the institution of slavery in America is a fairly new field. On December 7th, 2014, the Whitney Plantation opened as a memorial ground and a museum in Wallace, Louisiana. It was the first of its kind in the US. In this episode we speak with two people whose work helped make the museum and memorial what it is today. Director of Research, Dr. Ibrahima Seck is a preeminent researcher, au...
1h 54 min