Lessons in Hard History at USM
Date
Friday, June 14, 2024
Time
6:00 - 8:00 PM
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WHAT: A keynote presentation by Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries of The Ohio State University and Teaching Hard History podcast, followed by a panel conversation with leading voices in the struggle to integrate Black and Indigenous Studies.
WHEN: Friday, June 14, 2024 from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
WHERE: Hannaford Hall, University of Southern Maine, Portland
Across the United States, communities are fighting over whether and how to teach Black and Indigenous studies in public schools. This week, leading civil rights historian Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries is coming to Maine to present Lessons in Hard History, a keynote talk addressing America’s preference for nostalgia over truth and the impact on our youth of the nation’s woefully inadequate commitment to teaching about slavery and its legacies.
A panel discussion following the keynote will feature leading voices in the struggle to integrate Wabanaki and African American studies into the K-12 curriculum in Maine, including Speaker Talbot Ross and representatives from the Maine Department of Education, the ACLU of Maine, and Portland Public Schools.