tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14910575.post7441161889474729218..comments2023-10-04T11:35:50.986-04:00Comments on Out of the Jungle: Black History Month, the Library, and AestheticsJames Milleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07368391001719650329noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14910575.post-20122440260528359402007-02-25T08:29:00.000-05:002007-02-25T08:29:00.000-05:00Good for you, Jackie! Sort of in connection, I re...Good for you, Jackie! Sort of in connection, I read that Brown University (which was founded with a big grant from a slave-owner and now has a black woman president), has decided to develop a slavery memorial. In a short in the Boston Globe, it's reported that Brown is planning to raise a $10 million endowment to support public schools in Providence, RI, and create an academic center to study the issues of slavery and justice, and build up their African Studies Department. Brown can't help the roots of their original endowment. But there has been a certain amount of uproar about the slavery in Brown's past. I think this is a very well-considered and positive response.Betsy McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16824582240163409553noreply@blogger.com