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Angela Mathew | Thursday, November 10, 2022
The Atlantic staff writer Clint Smith spoke at the Smith Ballroom at the Morris Inn on Wednesday evening. Smith’s book, “How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America,” was a #1 New York Times Bestseller and a 2021 National Book Critics Circle Award Winner for Nonfiction. Smith’s talk was
Kathryn Muchnick | Wednesday, March 16, 2022
“Race is, and has always been, the oldest wedge issue in America,” journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones said. Dissecting that issue has been the goal of her long-form New York Times project “The 1619 Project.” Hannah-Jones ’98 returned to Notre Dame on Tuesday evening to discuss the controversial “1619 Project” for the Gallivan Program in Journalism, Ethics,
Sydni Brooks | Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Editor’s note: This story includes descriptions of sexual abuse and violence. A list of sexual assault reporting options and on-campus resources can be found on the Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s and Holy Cross websites. Every couple of weeks, my roommates and I find ourselves in deep conversation regarding our current world experience and how we can change it for
Layton Hall | Monday, August 31, 2020
New York Times journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones spoke about the foundations of her Pulitzer Prize-winning initiative, The 1619 Project, and the current movement for racial justice as part of the second installment of Notre Dame’s “Building an Anti-Racist Vocabulary” series Friday. Hannah-Jones, a 1998 Notre Dame alumna, also discussed her time at the University during the
Tom Naatz | Friday, January 24, 2020
As the primary author of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson has always occupied a high place in the American pantheon. But Jefferson is also a complicated and controversial figure in American life: how can the United States reconcile the man’s words — “all men are created equal” — with the reality that he owned
Gina Twardosz | Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Inspired by the New York Times Magazine’s “The 1619 Project,” the Center for Women’s Intercultural Leadership (CWIL) director Mana Derakhshani, along with Office of Civic & Social Engagement (OCSE) director Rebekah Go and junior Tyler Davis, organized the circulation of dozens of posters around Saint Mary’s that feature provocative quotes from the series. “If we
Thomas Murphy | Thursday, August 30, 2018
The International Justice Mission of Notre Dame (IJMND) will be holding a “Grotto Prayer Night to End Slavery” prayer service Thursday evening. Founded in the spring semester of 2018, the organization is a chapter of International Justice Mission (IJM) and seeks to bring an end to modern slavery through prayer, advocacy and fundraising. IJMND co-presidents
Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Slavery isn’t dead. In fact, 23 slaves work for me: seven to mine the minerals used in my phone, 11 to pick the cotton for my shirts and five to harvest the beans in my morning cup of coffee. Of course, there is no way to know how many slaves are forced to work for
Aidan Lewis | Tuesday, January 31, 2017
John Donoghue, associate professor of history at Loyola University Chicago, spoke Monday evening about buccaneers and their role in the slave trade during his talk, “Slave Revolts and Piratical Capitalism in the Age of Captain Morgan.” Donoghue said in the 17th century, buccaneers started out as poor French, Dutch and British citizens who had been “delivered