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A family of sugar-cane farmers in Louisiana worked the same land for generations and ultimately they began to realize that racism was looming over their hard labor and that they may soon become dispossessed of their land. They couldn’t figure out what was happening until one day a fateful call reached the family known as The Provosts, that called changed their lives and started them on a path to fight dispossession and revealed the plight of Black farmers everywhere. In the 1619 Project Podcast, we learn the story of June and Angie Provost with an understanding of what is described as “echoes in a past case that led to the largest civil rights settlement in American history.” We reflect on this history in an important dialogue with June and Angie Provost.
This event is co-sponsored by the Miller Worley Center for the Environment and the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
This event is being conducted over Zoom. As the host, Mount Holyoke College reserves the right to record this session and the event sponsors will give prior notification to event participants of any intention to do so. The recording feature for others is disabled so that no one else will be able to record this session through Zoom. At all times, no recording by any other means is permitted without prior written permission from the event sponsor or as an approved accommodation.
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This was an excellent event and very important story to be told. Both presenters were fabulous! And the Q & A section was great, too.
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Fantastic program. We need more such speakers to reveal the reality of our society. And then, hopefully, come up with solutions to rectify the gross injustices faced by the BIPOC community.
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