Everyday Resistance Seminar Session Three: Black Reconstructions of America Throughout the Nineteenth Century

Everyday Resistance Seminar: Black Reconstructions of America Throughout the Nineteenth Century

Third Session — Transit Justice: Wednesday, February 7, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM ET

 $125 Members | $150 Non-Members
Early bird discount available before December 1! Contact the Library Company for details.
(Cost includes all three sessions)

The history of access and lack of access to various forms of transportation in the U.S. rightly receives a great deal of attention, especially in modern U.S. history. African Americans’ lived experiences and bravery, including Rosa Louise McCauley Parks, highlight how African Americans willingly put their lives and bodies on the line as they fought the normalization and legalization of white supremacy on various forms of transportation. However, it is critical to recognize that African Americans used different methods and actions to similarly challenged racial and gender discrimination, throughout the nineteenth-century, on various forms of transportation as they sought to have their humanity, citizenship, and civil rights acknowledged by white society.

Clearly, African Americans demanded equal access to transportation throughout the nineteenth century, especially during the Reconstruction Era. Nevertheless, Dr. Holly A. Pinheiro, Jr.’s interactive conversation will highlight how African Americans, especially women, were leaders in this racialized and gendered fight years before the Reconstruction Era or the modern Civil Rights Movement. The discussions will highlight numerous important historical issues, including but not limited to the racism that women (connected to the) United States Colored Troops experienced as they used transportation systems to support the soldiers, while also detailing how enslaved people (throughout the Antebellum era) understood that transportation systems were did not always take traditional forms as they self-emancipated. As a result, it will become clear that reconstructing racialized and gendered notions of accessibility and usage of transportation to reconstruct society during the mid-nineteenth century.

Schedule for Everyday Resistance

Wednesday, January 10 | 6:30-8:00 PM ET

Wednesday, January 24 | 6:30-8:00 PM ET

Wednesday, February 7 | 6:30-8:00 PM ET

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