New Baton Rouge conference about how slavery shaped Louisiana history

Allison Bruhl
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BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The LSU Department of Geography & Anthropology and the Southern University Law Center partnered together for a first-time conference about the impacts of slavery in Louisiana.

The “Navigating the Storms of Slavery: Restore, Reflect and Reclaim” conference will be from Feb. 8-10 at the Cook Hotel and Conference Center at LSU.

“With LSU being the flagship university for the state and our guiding principle being ‘scholarship first,’ we should be the leader in advancing the conversation on the legacies of racial slavery and how that history figures into our efforts to move forward,” said Dr. Joyce Marie Jackson, chair of the LSU Department of Geography & Anthropology and conference coordinator.

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The conference will address past and present impacts of slavery in the state and LSU and how it has shaped the history of Louisiana and its universities, LSU said in a news release.

“There are 90-100 other universities having these national conversations that foster a platform for reflection, dialog, and change,” Jackson said. “We are welcoming not only academicians, but also indigenous and descendant communities as we work together with Southern University Law Center.”

The two universities coming together for this conference are part of the A&M Agenda, an initiative to foster a partnership between the two schools for a positive impact on the Baton Rouge community.

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“I hope that attendees can make connections, cross boundaries, and create new collaborations as we do this work together,” Jackson said.

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