Video: Facing Georgetown's History

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Title

Video: Facing Georgetown's History

Subject

Slavery--Maryland; Slavery--Louisiana; Society of Jesus--Slavery; Georgetown University--Slavery

Description

In this short documentary film, students in Professor Adam Rothman's AMST 272 Facing Georgetown's History and Professor Bernie Cook's FMST 399 Social Justice Documentary reflect on a trip they took to Louisiana in March 2018 to meet with members of the GU272 descendant community, visit Whitney Plantation and the site of Homer Plessy's arrest, and confront the legacies of slavery and Jim Crow.

Creator

Georgetown FMST-399 Spring 2017

Source

Georgetown FMST-399 Spring 2017, “Video: Facing Georgetown's History,” Georgetown Slavery Archive, accessed November 23, 2020, http://slaveryarchive.georgetown.edu/items/show/466.

Publisher

YouTube

Date

2018

Contributor

Liz Creegan, Kathryn Lenihan, Gary Thompson

Rights

Liz Creegan, Kathryn Lenihan, Gary Thompson

Format

Video

Language

English

Type

Documentary film

Identifier

GSA397

Coverage

Homer Plessy, Maringouin, Reconciliation, Video, Whitney Plantation

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