Mick Chantler, Instructor REGISTER for Session One: The Founding Fathers on Race and Slavery Wednesday, October 5 10:30-noon Gathering Space (1520 Grand Ave; San Rafael) It is worth pondering the fact that most of the key leaders of the American Revolution were slaveholders: Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Patrick Henry, George Mason, and many others in the
Mick Chantler, Instructor Register for Session Three: Black Americans and Reconstruction Wednesday, November 30 10:30-noon The Civil War may have ended slavery, but it certainly did not solve the conundrum of race relations in America. Northern “radicals” in Congress—led by men like the fiery Thaddeus Stevens—were determined to use this precious window of opportunity to
Join us for our next virtual film discussion. The Birth of a Nation is a 2016 American period drama film written and directed by Nate Parker in his directorial debut. It is based on the story of Nat Turner, the enslaved man who led a slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1831. STUDY GUIDE:
