Baylor Conversation Series: Slavery in America

The first of a three-part "Perspectives on Our History" Conversation Series event convened by Baylor University, held March 2, 2021.
Dr. Ronald A. Johnson, the Ralph and Bessie Mae Lynn Chair of History in Baylor University’s History Department, hosts a panel of experts to discuss the history of slavery in America.
This first step in understanding the historical context of Baylor’s founding and early years provides a foundation for two additional conversations - one on slavery in Texas and in Baptist life, and another on slavery and the founding of Baylor University. This historical study is similar to one undertaken by members of Baylor’s Commission on Historic Campus Representations as part of a commitment to forthrightly and fully present Baylor’s history and to foster an environment of racial equality in which all students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends of Baylor know they are valued and loved throughout the reaches of the Baylor Family.
Panelists:
Dr. Kate Carté, Associate Professor of History, Department of History, Southern Methodist University
Dr. Matthew J. Clavin, Professor of History, Department of History, University of Houston
Dr. James (Jim) Sidbury, The Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor of Humanities, Department of History, Rice University