The Institute for Common Power strives to facilitate the creation of a just and inclusive democracy while working to eliminate racial inequity.  Education can and must lead to action.  To this end, the Institute offers a series of courses taught by award-winning scholars who are widely recognized experts in their fields of study.  The courses provide clear, comprehensive examinations of multiple topics related to race, culture, and politics in America. 

Slavery in America: From Origins to Emancipation

Meeting Dates: Wednesdays, February 8, 15, 22

Meeting Time: 4:30 pm PST - 6:00 pm PST / 7:30 pm EST - 9:00 pm EST

One ticket gives access to all three lectures.

Dr. Terry Anne Scott

Lectures will be recorded and available to view for two weeks for those who purchased tickets

This foundational course, Dr. Terry Anne Scott will survey the struggles and accomplishments of people of African descent in the United States. While some attention will be paid to African origins, the three sessions in this series will analyze the historical path from importation through the Civil War and the process of freedom. Through a largely, but not exclusively, chronological approach, Dr. Scott will emphasize how African Americans have worked to determine the trajectory of their own lives. Areas of exploration will include, but are not limited to, the following: the construction of racial identity and alterity, the slave family and community, the domestic slave trade, resistance and the process of freedom.