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“A Conversation on Tulsa and the Long History of Dispossession of African-Americans: What We Don’t Know”
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Opening Remarks:
Malcolm Jenkins, Visiting Fellow, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global Transformations (WIGH). Founder, Malcolm Jenkins Foundation. Safety, New Orleans Saints.
Academic Panel:
Elizabeth Hinton, Associate Professor, Departments of History and African and African American Studies, Harvard University.
David J. Harris, Managing Director, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice, Harvard Law School.
Nathan Nunn, Executive Committee; Faculty Associate; Harvard Academy Senior Scholar. Frederic E. Abbe Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University.
Heather Ann Thompson, Collegiate Professor, Departments of History and Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan.
Local Voices:
Caleb Gayle, Tulsa-raised journalist.
Damario Solomon-Simmons, Tulsa attorney, leader in effort for reparations.
Dr. Tiffany Crutcher, from a family of long-time Tulsa residents.
Sports Professionals' Panel
TBD
Conveners:
Stephen Ortega, Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global Transformations (WIGH). Associate Professor, Department of History, Simmons College.
Lisa McGirr, Professor of History, Department of History, Harvard University.
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Co-sponsored by the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice at Harvard Law School.
