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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones discusses the legacy of slavery in America

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

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Scholars discuss the Thomas Jefferson conundrum, exploring his thoughts on slavery, race

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

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Saint Mary’s student, faculty circulate posters inspired by ‘1619 Project’

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

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International Justice Mission of Notre Dame organizes “Night to End Slavery” Prayer Service

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

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Ending modern slavery: tackling trafficking in American supply chains

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

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Speaker explores relationship between buccaneers and the slave trade

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