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SUMMARY:Slavery in Sonoma County: An Untold Story
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DTSTAMP:20260307T173300Z
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LOCATION:211 E Street\nSanta Rosa CA 95404
ROOM: Central Meeting Room
DESCRIPTION:This event will unveil the first findings of a new research pr
 oject investigating the history of slavery in Sonoma County. Although Cali
 fornia entered the Union as a “free state” in 1850, the enslavement of
  both Black Americans from the South and Natives of California was widely 
 practiced and permitted. While a few historians have recently studied this
  topic, this County’s involvement in slavery has been overlooked before 
 now.\r\nThrough a partnership between the Santa Rosa-Sonoma County NAACP a
 nd Sonoma State University, a research team has spent the summer exploring
  the archives to identify both those who were likely enslaved and those wh
 o did the enslaving. We will have a panel discussion sharing research find
 ings followed by a period for questions from the public.\r\nWe will also h
 ave key documents on display for all to see.\r\n \r\nVirtual attendance w
 ill be made possible by the Santa Rosa-Sonoma County NAACP.\r\nTo attend v
 irtually, please register https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcqc-6
 upj4rGNIV0sLTYDWeSy5zgmnRsOii#/registration. \r\nPlease note virtual capac
 ity is 100. This event will be recorded and posted on the NAACP's Yo
 uTube after the event. \r\n \r\nThe research team: \r\nAmy Kittelstrom, 
 director of research for the project, is a Professor of History at Sonoma 
 State University and the author of The Religion of Democracy (Penguin, 201
 5) and other publications. A specialist in modern thought and culture, she
  is currently writing a deep intellectual history of James Baldwin (1924-1
 987).\r\n \r\nJeremy Medrano, a researcher on this project, is a student 
 of Anthropology at Sonoma State University. Growing up Queer and Afro-Lati
 no, Medrano has lived at the borderlands of social identity. As a result, 
 he believes in projects like this one that tackle the intersections of rac
 e, power, and politics.\r\n \r\nJuliana Chand is 2nd year student at Sono
 ma State University working to earn her Bachelor’s degree in history. H
 er interest usually take her outdoors but this summer was spent in the Son
 oma County History and Genealogy Library working on the Sonoma County Slav
 ery Historical Research Project. Here she has spent many hours researching
  original documents and transcribing to do her part in the project. She ho
 pes to use this experience as a jumpstart to her history journey so that o
 ne day she can guide young minds as a high school history teacher. 
URL:https://events.sonomalibrary.org/event/slavery-sonoma-county-untold-st
 ory?language=es
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