Iron & Brick

The United States is world-renowned for its universities; an American degree is valued currency in every country. Beginning with Brown University’s creation of a Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice in 2003, it has becoming increasingly clear that America’s oldest academic institutions need to acknowledge that they and their members were complicit with and often participated in the sale of humans. The feature articles in this issue examine several universities’ efforts to address their roles in enslavement. What comes next?

Document: “Slave Manifest of the Katherine Jackson of Georgetown,” National Archives and Records Administration, 46756382, public domain; Photo: Moregane Le Breton/Unsplash.

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Staff

Leland Renato Grigoli, editor
Laura Ansley, managing editor
Lizzy Meggyesy, research and publications assistant
Alexandra F. Levy, communications manager
Liz Townsend, manager, data administration and integrity

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October 4, 2022

From the Editor

Townhouse Notes, November 2022
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October 5, 2022

Land Acknowledgments
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October 31, 2022

In Memoriam

R. Keith Schoppa (1943–2022)
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October 31, 2022

Letters to the Editor

On “Is History History?”
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November 1, 2022

On Contract, Perspectives Daily

From Contingent to Tenure Track and Back Again
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November 3, 2022

Perspectives Daily

Beyond the Liberty Bell
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November 4, 2022

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Casey R. Olthaus
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November 18, 2022

Perspectives Daily

Locked Up
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November 21, 2022

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Searching for Lutiant

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October 31, 2022

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