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The Impact of Slavery and Systemic Racism: The Grace of Repair
Dr. Earl Lewis, founding Director of the University of Michigan Center for Social Solutions and the Thomas C. Holt Distinguished University Professor of History, Afro American and African Studies, and Public Policy. Recipient of the National Humanities Medal in 2023 awarded by President Biden.
This talk centers on a handful of moments in world history that invite us to think about our own journey and our own means of combining grace and repair.
In 1779, an Anglican cleric and poet named John Newton penned the lyrics to a song that has accompanied many moments of travail and trauma. The song…
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