Looking at three of the foundational myths about the history of racial segregation in America, award-winning historian, Nathan Connolly (Johns Hopkins University) explores the dynamism and evolving quality of Jim Crow segregation. Through property, policy, and popular culture, Americans have modified and updated much about racial discrimination, leaving, for many, more questions than answers about how best to deal with institutional racism and its legacies.
Want to understand racism and segregation in the past and present? Africana Studies, Global Women's Studies, and the Departments of Sociology and History are pleased to present this lecture by Johns Hopkins historian Nathan Connolly. Professor Connolly's work has received numerous awards. He is also a co-host of the popular Backstory Radio program and a frequent commentator to the New York Times and other public media venues.