Brown University has released a second edition of its landmark “Slavery and Justice Report,” which looks to expand upon the original report’s findings on the university’s historical ties to the transatlantic slave trade. Anthony Bogues, one of the editors of this second edition and director of Brown's Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice, joined Jim Braude on Greater Boston to discuss.
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The report was first released 15 years ago when Ruth J. Simmons was the first Black leader of the university. From the first report, the university established a memorial in a prominent place on campus to the slave trade, created a DEI plan and contributed to the Providence public schools.
“What the report did was that it opened a door… for the university going forward to always be thinking about, how do we tackle this question of historical injustice and the ways in which the legacy of historical injustice show themselves in today’s society?” Bogues said.
This second report focuses on providing more context about the role universities play in injustice, and their relationships to communities. “The question of repair is a larger question of how to think about where you are, in what community you are in, what is it that you do as an institute of higher education, and then how can we begin to have conversations so that we can all begin to think about what does repair really look like?” he said.
WATCH: Brown University takes a deeper look at its ties to slavery
