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SUMMARY:South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to Civil War
DESCRIPTION:The Baton Foundation\, in partnership with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History\, will host a lecture about the confluence of Mexican and United States history during the antebellum era. This program is free to the public\, but registration is required. \nAbout the Book\nSouth to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to Civil War (Basic Books\, 2020)\, tells the story of the enslaved Blacks who escaped to Mexico in the four decades leading up to the U.S. Civil War. Focusing its attention on a not-well-known chapter of U.S. history\, the book contributes to the canon a better understanding of Mexico’s rise as an antislavery republic and its overlooked significance to the United States. \nIn South to Freedom\, Professor Baumgartner tells the story of why Mexico abolished slavery and how its increasingly radical antislavery policies fueled the sectional crisis in the United States. Southerners hoped that annexing Texas and invading Mexico in the 1840s would stop runaways and secure slavery’s future. Instead\, the seizure of Alta California and Nuevo México upset the delicate political balance between free and slave states. South to Freedom is a revelatory and essential new perspective on antebellum America and the causes of the Civil War. PURCHASE BOOK HERE. \nAbout the Author\nAlice Baumgartner is an assistant professor of history at the University of Southern California. She holds a Ph.D. from Yale University and an M.Phil. in Latin American Studies from the University of Oxford where she was a Rhodes Scholar. Her first book\, South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to Civil War\, was selected as an Editor’s Choice by The New York Times Book Review and as a finalist for the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize. \nRegister for Zoom Lecture Here
URL:https://thebatonfoundation.org/event/south-to-freedom-runaway-slaves-to-mexico-and-the-road-to-civil-war/
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SUMMARY:Black Boys in the 21st Century: The Importance of Cultural Heritage Training
DESCRIPTION:We must impress upon our children that even when troubles rise to seven-point-one on life’s Richter scale\, they must be anchored so deeply that\, though they sway\, they will not topple. ~Mamie Till Mobley \nIt is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. ~Frederick Douglass \nOrientation Overview\nInitiated in 2016\, The Baton Foundation is excited to host its sixth annual Cultural Heritage Program orientation. This program is free to the public\, but registration is required. You may register here. \nIt is common to hear people say these days\, “This is 2021\, how can (insert social issue here) be happening?” What often is overlooked is the fact that countries\, like people\, have a history\, a story\, a narrative. Black people in the United States have a unique history—one frequently\, although not always\, rooted in enslavement. More broadly\, the story of Black people in the United States often was told by others\, and for reasons not meant to edify or to inspire\, much less to reflect truth. \nThe Baton Foundation’s Cultural Heritage program is designed to give Black boys ages 10-17 opportunities to learn about Black history and culture in an intimate\, supportive environment. In bi-weekly seminars\, students explore various aspects of the Black experience in the United States and around the world. Additionally\, they work with Baton Foundation facilitators to explore notions of self-awareness and self-mastery. The program also provides opportunities for students to explore many of Atlanta’s cultural venues and to engage in educational travel to local and regional historic and cultural sites. \nDuring the orientation\, attendees will learn more about the program and have an opportunity to ask questions of the program’s founder\, Baton Foundation board members\, and Cultural Heritage Program students. \nRegister for Zoom Orientation Here\nPhoto Credit: Adinah Morgan for The Baton Foundation (Cultural Heritage Program students at The National Memorial for Peace and Justice\, 2019)
URL:https://thebatonfoundation.org/event/black-boys-in-the-21st-century-the-importance-of-cultural-heritage-training/
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