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  • Posts by John Piche

Violence, Reconstruction, and Redemption with Carole Emberton

January 5, 2023 / John Piche / 1619 Project

Carole Emberton, Associate Professor of History at University at Buffalo, discusses her book Beyond Redemption: Race, Violence, and the American South After the Civil War. Contrasting Freedmen and Ex-Enslavers, […]

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The Water We Swim In with Dr. Allison Skinner-Dorkenoo

December 8, 2022 / John Piche / 1619 Project

This talk will make the case that systemic forms of oppression are maintained and reinforced through subtle patterns of thought and behavior, and present some […]

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Race and Jefferson’s Notes with Robert Pierce Forbes

November 22, 2022 / John Piche / 1619 Project
Race and Jefferson's Notes with Robert Pierce Forbes

Robert Pierce Forbes discusses his introduction, scholarship, and editorship of Thomas Jefferson’s seminal work, “Notes on the State of Virgina.” Prof. Forbes locates the origin […]

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Holocaust and Slavery Reparations with Thomas Craemer

November 15, 2022 / John Piche / 1619 Project

Unpacking Our History Lecture Series: Holocaust and Slavery Reparations with Thomas Craemer Professor Thomas Craemer grew up in post-World War II Germany. One day, he […]

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Microaggressions with Allison Skinner-Dorkenoo

October 29, 2022 / John Piche / 1619 Project

Dr. Allison Skinner-Dorkenoo discusses her article, “How Microaggressions Reinforce and Perpetuate Systemic Racism in the United States.” She defines what microaggressions are and how they […]

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Irish Identity in America with Diane Negra

October 24, 2022 / John Piche / 1619 Project

Professor Diane Negra discusses her most recent scholarship which investigates Irish identity in the United States. She begins with the election of John F. Kennedy […]

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CLEVELAND’S PROMISE with reporters Cameron Fields and Hannah Drown

October 19, 2022 / John Piche / 1619 Project

For this innovative series, Cleveland Metropolitan School District gave two reporters unprecedented access to a classroom at Almira Elementary School to show readers the enormous […]

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History of White People with Nell Irvin Painter

October 17, 2022 / John Piche / 1619 Project / No Comments

Professor Painter discusses her book, THE HISTORY OF WHITE PEOPLE. Prof. Painter begins with discussing just what it means to be “white” and how ideas […]

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Unpacking Our History Lecture Series: Why Ban Books? Understanding the Discourse of Censorship and Its Effects

October 4, 2022 / John Piche / 1619 Project

Many attempts to ban books in schools and libraries have made headlines over the past few months. Almost all of these attempts have failed and […]

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Two Face Racism with Leslie Picca

October 4, 2022 / John Piche / 1619 Project

Professor Leslie Picca discusses her work, Two-Faced Racism: Whites in the Backstage and Frontstage, which examines the racial attitudes and behaviors exhibited by whites in […]

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