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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March 25, 2025 | 7:00pm
Farrell HallJoin former National Climate Advisor and former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy for a public address, followed by a moderated discussion with former EPA Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe. A reception will be held before the event, starting at 6pm. -
March 26, 2025 | 12:00pmThe Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department at Wake Forest University invites everyone to join us virtually for the 2025 Spring Colloquium featuring Dr. Stephanie Y. Evans. Stephanie Y. Evans, PhD is a Professor of Black Women's Studies (WGSS & AAS) at Georgia State University. She … -
March 26, 2025 | 4:00pm
Benson University CenterThe Program in African American Studies is pleased to host Dr. Daniel Black, an award-winning novelist, professor, activist, mentor and public speaker. His published works include They Tell Me of Home, The Sacred Place, Perfect Peace, Twelve Gates to the City, The Coming, Listen … -
March 26, 2025 | 7:30pm
Brendle Recital HallFrenchman Thomas Dunford is a rising star of the European early music movement, and a dynamic and charismatic performer of Renaissance, Baroque, and modern music on the lute. BBC Music Magazine has written of him, “Dunford’s supple technique, combined with his passion for jazz, allows him to … -
March 27, 2025 | 5:00pm
Carswell HallThe Department of History invites WFU community members to attend the 2025 Forrest W. Clonts Lecture, to be delivered by Dr. Ari Kelman, Chancellor’s Leadership Professor of History at the University of California, Davis. The lecture at will be held on March 27th, 2025 at 5:00 pm in the Annenberg …
Upcoming SRMP Events
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