Presented By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)
FREEDOM? — THE 13TH AMENDMENT 150 YEARS LATER
Peter J. Hammer, Professor at Wayne State University Law School
Peter Hammer is director of the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights. The Keith Center is dedicated to promoting the educational, economic, and political empowerment of under-represented communities in urban areas and to ensuring that the phrase “equal justice under law” applies to all members of society. Hammer has become a leading voice on the economic and social issues impacting the city of Detroit.
The legacy of slavery is central to the history of African Americans. Institutions like slavery do not end—they mutate and transform themselves. The process involves a dynamic interaction between “belief systems” and “institutions.” This transformation has moved from slavery to Jim Crow segregation to the forms of “spatial racism” that define Southeast Michigan.
This is the first of a six-lecture series. The subject is The African American Experience.
The legacy of slavery is central to the history of African Americans. Institutions like slavery do not end—they mutate and transform themselves. The process involves a dynamic interaction between “belief systems” and “institutions.” This transformation has moved from slavery to Jim Crow segregation to the forms of “spatial racism” that define Southeast Michigan.
This is the first of a six-lecture series. The subject is The African American Experience.
Cost
- $10 for an individual lecture, payable at the door, checks preferred. $30 for six-lecture series, plus OLLI membership ($20).
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