Hard Histories Book Talks: Jessica Millward

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Join Hard Histories at Hopkins for a conversation with historian Jessica Millward, author of the 2015 book Finding Charity's Folk: Enslaved and Free Black Women in Maryland (University of Georgia Press). Millward's work explores the lives and experiences of Black women—enslaved and free—in Maryland in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Their many forms of labor—as well as their aspirations and yearnings—shaped and built the lands upon which Johns Hopkins' Homewood campus currently sits. Millward will be in conversation with Martha S. Jones, Hard Histories' project director. Their conversation will be followed by an audience Q&A.

Johns Hopkins affiliates can find Millward's book in the Johns Hopkins library catalog. Community members can access the book at the Pratt Library. The book can also be purchased through Red Emma's bookstore, located in Baltimore.

This event is the first in a series of related book panel discussions to be hosted by Hard Histories in spring 2021, exploring the histories of slavery and racism in the Maryland area. Launched in fall 2020, the Hard Histories at Hopkins Project examines the role that racism and discrimination have played at Johns Hopkins. Blending research, teaching, public engagement, and the creative arts, Hard Histories aims to engage our broadest communities—at Johns Hopkins and in Baltimore—in a frank and informed exploration of how racism has been produced and permitted to persist as part of our structure and our practice.