Hard Histories: Reckoning with Racism, Forging Just Futures

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Join Hard Histories at Hopkins for a conversation with Jamelle Bouie, Sherrilyn Ifill, and Asma Naeem about using the difficult past to bring about a more just future.

History tells us how we got here. Hard histories show us a way forward. "Baltimore's Hard Histories" kicks off on Thursday evening, Sept. 7, with a keynote conversation between columnist Jamelle Bouie, civil rights attorney Sherrilyn Ifill, and Asma Naeem, director of the Baltimore Museum of Art, led by Hard Histories at Hopkins director Martha Jones.

Hard histories promote change at colleges and universities, but also in the Supreme Court chamber, on the pages of The New York Times, and at the galleries of the Baltimore Museum of Art. These leaders will discuss the promises and the challenges of work that reckons with the myths, silences, and partial truths that undergird racism and discrimination. How, they will consider, do frank confrontations with the past promote transformations in our landscapes, narratives, leadership, and missions? How does understanding the past promote justice and equity in the present?

John Guess Jr., CEO of the Houston Museum of African American Culture, will host this conversation.