Join us for a talk with nationally acclaimed historian Zebulon V. Miletsky, Ph.D., as he discusses Boston’s long-held reputation as one of the most “liberal” cities in America, dating back to the Civil War era when Boston was the hub of abolitionism. The truth is more complicated. This primer on racism in America and the North will help shed light on Boston’s longer story.
Zebulon Vance Miletsky, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Africana Studies and History at Stony Brook University (SUNY) specializing in recent African American History, the Civil Rights and Black Power movements, Urban History, Mixed Race, and Biracial Identity. In addition to his earlier work on Mixed Race, Miletsky’s major project has been the Boston School Desegregation Crisis and the parent-led civil rights movement in Boston. His acclaimed book Before Busing: A History of Boston’s Long Black Freedom Struggle was published by the University of North Carolina Press in December 2022. Originally from Boston, Miletsky received his Ph.D. in African-American Studies with a concentration in History from the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 2008.
Thursday, October 26, 2023
73 Tremont Street, Fifth Floor, Room 5050, Boston, Massachusetts
Lunch will be provided
12:30 Program begins
This program is free and open to the public. In-person registration is not required.
