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  • Blackness in Mexico

    The Baton Foundation will host a lecture about the efforts underway in Mexico to recognize African-descendant Mexicans as a distinct cultural group. This program is free to the public, but registration is required. About the Book Through historical and ethnographic research, Blackness in Mexico (University Press of Florida, 2023), delves into the ongoing movement toward […]

  • The Rage of Innocence

    The Baton Foundation will host a lecture about the day-to-day brutalities endured by Black youth growing up under constant police surveillance and the persistent threat of physical and psychological abuse. This program is free to the public, but registration is required. About the Book Drawing upon twenty-five years of experience representing young people in Washington, […]

  • The Nation That Never Was

    The Baton Foundation will host a lecture about the enduring myth of the so-called American story. This program is free to the public, but registration is required. About the Book There’s a common story we tell about America: that our fundamental values as a country were stated in the Declaration of Independence, fought for in […]

  • What’s Your Street Race? Why We Must Add a Street Race Question in Federal Standards and Beyond for Advancing Equity in Black Diasporic Communities

    The Baton Foundation will host a lecture about the perception of race in U.S. society and how we must rethink it. This program is free to the public, but registration is required. About the Program This presentation will focus on the urgency of employing intersectionality as a transformational and ethical vision for data infrastructure that […]

  • Die Standing: From Black Panther Revolutionary to Global Diversity Consultant

    The Baton Foundation will host Elmer Dixon as he talks about his journey from co-founder of the first Black Panther Party chapter outside California to diversity consultant. About the Book This powerful memoir, with a foreword by former Black Panther Party Chairman Bobby Seale, sets the record straight about the altruistic mission of the Black […]

  • A New Year, A New Beginning

    The Baton Foundation will host a virtual expressive arts workshop to help individuals ground themselves as we begin a new year -- and a new chapter in American history. About […]

  • An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War South

    About the Book Between Fort Sumter and Appomattox, Confederates bought and sold thousands of Black men, women, and children through a persisting trade in enslaved people. They did so for […]