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

  • November 21, 2024 | 7:30pm
    Scales Fine Arts Center
    Fall Faculty & Guest Artist Concert Directed by Nina Lucas Rice November 21-23 at 7:30 pm & November 24 at 2:00 pm   The Fall Faculty & Guest Artist Concert will feature modern, jazz, contemporary and classical ballet choreography by our dance faculty and renowned guest choreographers, under the direction …
  • December 6, 2024 | 1:00pm
    Benson University Center
    This workshop will focus on effective communication strategies and collaboration techniques that promote understanding and inclusivity in both academic and professional settings. Participants will develop the skills and understanding needed to communicate effectively and respectfully across diverse cultural backgrounds. Attendees will explore the impact of culture on communication styles, verbal …
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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.