A virtual webinar for NNHS students with special guests, Kellie Carter Jackson and Kevin Levin, both local and esteemed historians. Both are experts in 19th century American history. They would speak to their own areas of expertise (Black abolitionism and dispelling the myth of Black Confederate soldiers, respectively) and make connections to modern times – political division, transfer of power and racial backlash.
Telling the History of Racial Justice, from the 19th century to 2021: A Conversation with Historians Kellie Carter Jackson and Kevin Levin
Applicant: Max Roberts
School: Newton North
Date Approved: Jan. 19 2021
Amount: $750