Princeton Digs Deep into Its Fraught Racial History
Posted on: Nov 06, 2017
The New York Times, 11/6/17
Princeton University has a long history connected to slavery, which has remained hidden until now.
Putting the Ghosts of Princeton’s Racial Past Onstage
Posted on: Nov 06, 2017
The New York Times, 11/6/17
The voices of enslaved people can be hard to hear in the archives. But they are front and center in the Princeton & Slavery Plays, a suite of seven 10-minute works that will have their premieres at the McCarter Theater on Nov. 18 and 19.
The Princeton & Slavery Project at the Thrive Conference
Posted on: Oct 11, 2019
Princeton University, 11/5/19
Martha A. Sandweiss, Professor of History discussed the Princeton & Slavery Project with Melanie Lawson ’76, Journalist and Television News Anchor, at "Thrive: Empowering and Celebrating Princeton's Black Alumni."
Aaron Burr — villain of ‘Hamilton’ — had a secret family of color
Posted on: Aug 27, 2019
The Washington Post, 8/24/19
Aaron Burr Jr., third Vice President of the United States and son of Princeton president Aaron Burr Sr., fathered two children with a woman of color who worked as a servant in his home for several years.
Association of Black Seminarians Demands Reparations
Posted on: Apr 06, 2019
The Daily Princetonian, 4/3/19
A group of students at the Princeton Theological Seminary is demanding that the institution pay reparations in response to a report it published last year, which details its historical connections to slavery.