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Project News

via New York Magazine. An essay by John McWhorter
 
via Ancestry.com: Research Connects First African-American President to First African Slave in the American Colonies
 
Princeton professor and CBBG advisor Imani Perry reviews the book Help Me to Find My People
 
Check out this map of common last names in the United States via National Geographic.
 
An interactive map showing the distribution of certain ethnic heritages around the US.
 
A 1920 map of Brooklyn showing where various ethnic groups were living.
 
Jul 9
"Sometimes you substitute 'Black' for 'lower class' and they're not the same.
 
Photographs of a discussion about how we remember the Crown Heights Riot of August 1991.
 
Dec 8
Join a discussion about what it means to be Hapa. Once a derogatory label derived from the Hawaiian word for “half,” Hapa has since been embraced as a term of pride by many whose mixed racial heritage includes Asian or Pacific Island descent.
 
Nov 15
Watch Spike Lee’s iconic 1991 movie about mixed-heritage relationships, Jungle Fever, and hear how three panelists respond to the movie 20 years later.
 
Oct 23
Listen as historians and community members respond to oral history interviews with Crown Heights residents recorded in the 1990s and 2010. What’s changed? What’s stayed the same?
 
Sep 26
Participate in this discussion about mixed heritage co-sponsored by Loving Day, a global network fighting racial prejudice through education and building multicultural community.
 

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