About the Slavery, Race and Memory Project
Wake Forest University, as a southern institution founded decades before the Civil War, has a history bound up with slavery and its tragic legacies. Attempts to recover, understand and reckon more fully with that complex past have accelerated in recent years and are collected in a many-faceted Slavery, Race, and Memory Project. This effort extends across and beyond our Winston-Salem and original Wake Forest, N.C., campuses and includes active membership in the Universities Studying Slavery consortium.
Wake Forest University joined the Universities Studying Slavery consortium to help us understand and acknowledge the role enslaved peoples had in building and growing our University. The “Slavery, Race and Memory Project” will guide the research, preservation, and communication of an accurate depiction of the University’s relationship to slavery and its implications across Wake Forest’s history.
Upcoming Affiliate Events
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February 21, 2025 | 8:00amThis month, Black History Month, celebrates the achievements and impact of African Americans in the U.S. and across the world. During this time, we recognize and pay homage to the contributions, innovations, and trailblazers within the black community that have elevated the fields of business, technology, art, music, & … -
February 26, 2025 | 5:00pm
Z. Smith Reynolds LibraryA public lecture on heritage research and conservation training in China presented by Dr. Chang Liu, a renowned architect, historian, and conservator of traditional Chinese wooden architecture. This event is brought to you by the Departments of History, Politics and International Relations, Art, East Asian Languages & Cultures, East … -
March 4, 2025 | 5:00pm
Z. Smith Reynolds LibraryThe Environmental and Epistemic Justice Initiative at Wake Forest University, with funding from the Mellon Foundation and support from the Program in African American Studies at Wake Forest University is pleased to host a lecture series with Dr. Sacoby Wilson. Dr. Sacoby Wilson is a Professor with the Department of … -
March 6, 2025 | 4:00pmIn honor of both Black History Month and Women's History Month, the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies department at Wake Forest University will host: Black Women and Democracy: An Intergenerational Conversation Dr. Christina Greer & Makeen Zachery Christina Greer is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Fordham … -
March 6, 2025 | 7:30pm
Brendle Recital HallDescribed by The New York Times as a “social conscience, multimedia collaborator, system builder, rhapsodist, historical thinker and multicultural gateway,” Vijay Iyer is one of today’s most in-demand jazz musicians, and is a composer, pianist, and professor in the Harvard University music department. His honors include …
Upcoming SRMP Events
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SRMP Update
SRMP’s focus is shifting in 2024 to academic endeavors – to be reflected in forthcoming curricular, co-curricular, scholarly and public history-oriented engagements. To orient this shift, SRMP is reorganizing its commitment to a new charge by organizing our efforts into 5 new working groups.
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Campus Memorial Update
Please visit the Campus Memorial website for an update and to view sketches of Conceptual Themes.
Edited by Corey D.B. Walker