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- Description:
- Alfred Uhry '58 reflects on his time at Brown University, interviewed by Steven Levenson ’06.
- Year:
- 2025
- Contributor:
- Brown University. (Creator)
- Levenson, Steven (interviewer)
- Uhry, Alfred (interviewee)
- Subject:
- Antisemitism
- Brown University
- Jews--Study and teaching
- Musical theater
- Universities and colleges
- Local ID:
- bdr423483
- Language:
- English
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- The University and Beyond
- 130 Years of Jewish Life at Brown
- Description:
- In this Phase 1 interview, Abdoulaye Ndiaye discusses the role of Islamic religion in both ameliorating and perpetuating slavery, the social divisions of Fouta society, …
- Year:
- 2021
- Contributor:
- Brown University. Ruth J Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (Creator)
- Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire (Creator)
- Musée des Civilizations Noires (Creator)
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) (Creator)
- Unité de Recherche en Ingénierie Culturelle et en Anthropologie (URICA) (Creator)
- Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (Creator)
- Ndiaye, Abdoulaye, 1964- (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary genre)
- Subject:
- Endam Bilaali
- Classism
- Forced labor
- Fouta (Senegal)--Social life and customs
- Freedom and equality
- Islam--Senegal--History
- Islam--Social aspects--Africa, West--History--20th century
- Senegal--Social conditions--20th century
- Slavery
- Social status
- Horkodiéré (Senegal)
- Senegal
- Local ID:
- Senegal_Ndiaye_Abdoulaye_interview_Pulaar_2021Feb07
- Language:
- Pulaar
- Fula
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Geographic Emphases
- The University and Beyond
- Global Curatorial Project
- GCP Senegal
- Description:
- In this Phase 1 interview, Abou Mamadou Ba discusses his family history and his lifelong study of the Koran. Please be advised that this interview …
- Year:
- 2021
- Contributor:
- Brown University. Ruth J Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (Creator)
- Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire (Creator)
- Musée des Civilizations Noires (Creator)
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) (Creator)
- Unité de Recherche en Ingénierie Culturelle et en Anthropologie (URICA) (Creator)
- Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (Creator)
- Ba, Abou Mamadou, 1949- (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary genre)
- Subject:
- Endam Bilaali
- African Agency
- Colonialism
- Inequality
- Islam--Senegal--History
- Islam--Social aspects--Africa, West--History--20th century
- Islam--Social aspects--Africa, West--History--21st century
- Mecca
- Pilgrimage
- Racial slavery
- Racism
- Resistance
- Social status
- Mali
- Ndouloumadji Dembe (Senegal)
- Senegal
- Local ID:
- Senegal_Ba_Abou__Mamadou_interview_Pulaar_2021Feb07
- Language:
- Pulaar
- Fula
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Geographic Emphases
- The University and Beyond
- Global Curatorial Project
- GCP Senegal
- Description:
- Oral history with Alan Thompson on growing up in Liverpool 8, facing racism from police and skinhead groups, and connecting these struggles to the legacies …
- Year:
- 2025
- Contributor:
- Brown University. Ruth J Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (Creator)
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) (Creator)
- Brady, Darren (videographer)
- Eyo-Thompson, Elliss (interviewer)
- Thompson, Alan (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary genre)
- Subject:
- Global Curatorial Project
- Pan-Africanism
- Systemic oppression
- Unfinished Conversations
- England
- Liverpool (England)
- Local ID:
- ALAN H265 HD MASTER
- Language:
- English
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Geographic Emphases
- The University and Beyond
- Global Curatorial Project
- GCP Liverpool
- Description:
- In this interview, Alcino Amaral discusses his family history, his education, and his work in teaching African heritage through his project, RioMemoriaAção. Please be advised …
- Year:
- 2022
- Contributor:
- Brown University. Ruth J Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (Creator)
- Laboratório de História Oral e Imagem (Creator)
- Museu do Samba (Creator)
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) (Creator)
- Programa Rio (Creator)
- Universidade Federal Fluminense (Creator)
- Abreu, Martha (interviewer)
- Amaral, Alcino (interviewee)
- Junior, Ademir (videographer)
- Natal, Vinícius (interviewer)
- Pires Rodrigues, Natália (videographer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary genre)
- Subject:
- Cruz, Arlindo
- RioMemoriaAção
- Afro-Brazilian
- Afro-Brazilian culture
- Bahia
- Black people--Brazil--Social conditions.
- Brazilian Dance
- Brazilian Music
- Brazil’s Little Africa
- Capoeira
- Education
- Guadalupe
- Institutional Racism
- Jongo
- Palmeirinha
- Patuá
- Racism in Schools
- Samba
- Teaching
- Valongo Wharf
- Brazil
- Minas Gerais (Brazil)
- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
- Local ID:
- ALCINO
- Language:
- Portuguese
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Geographic Emphases
- The University and Beyond
- Global Curatorial Project
- GCP Brazil
- Description:
- Interview with Dorothy and Alfred (Tundi) Zak (Zack) Williams on migration, work, and community in Liverpool. They recount U.S. and Sierra Leone family histories linked …
- Year:
- 2025
- Contributor:
- Brown University. Ruth J Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (Creator)
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) (Creator)
- Brady, Darren (videographer)
- Brown, Maxine (interviewer)
- Zack-Williams, Dorothy (interviewee)
- Zak-Williams, Alfred (Tundi) (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary genre)
- Subject:
- Global Curatorial Project
- Liverpool Black community
- Unfinished Conversations
- England
- Liverpool (England)
- Local ID:
- TUNDI-DOROTHY-H265-HD-MASTER
- Language:
- English
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Geographic Emphases
- The University and Beyond
- Global Curatorial Project
- GCP Liverpool
- Description:
- Event description: Remember when rabbis and cantors were men and the only public religious leadership roles for women were in synagogue Sisterhood groups? Well, that …
- Year:
- 2025
- Contributor:
- Brown University. (Creator)
- Cohen, Ayelet (interviewee)
- Geller, Laura (interviewee)
- Kanarek, Jane (interviewee)
- Lotenberg, Sienna (interviewee)
- Rosenbaum, Judith (interviewer)
- Roth, Julie (interviewee)
- Sager, Sarah (interviewee)
- Subject:
- Feminism--Religious aspects--Judaism
- Rabbis
- Local ID:
- bdr423479
- Language:
- English
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- The University and Beyond
- 130 Years of Jewish Life at Brown
- Description:
- In this Phase 1 interview, Amadou Bâ discusses the history of his family and their involvement in the founding of the town of Walel, and …
- Year:
- 2021
- Contributor:
- Brown University. Ruth J Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (Creator)
- Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire (Creator)
- Musée des Civilizations Noires (Creator)
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) (Creator)
- Unité de Recherche en Ingénierie Culturelle et en Anthropologie (URICA) (Creator)
- Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (Creator)
- Bâ, Amadou (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary genre)
- Subject:
- Endam Bilaali
- Equality and freedom
- Forced labor
- Human rights
- Racial slavery
- Racism
- Senegal--Social conditions--20th century
- Slavery
- Weaving--Social aspects--Senegal
- Senegal
- Walel (Senegal)
- Local ID:
- Senegal_Bâ_Amadou_interview_Pulaar_2021Feb05
- Language:
- Pulaar
- Fula
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Geographic Emphases
- The University and Beyond
- Global Curatorial Project
- GCP Senegal
- Description:
- Amber Akaunu and Jessica Sheen discuss their Nigerian and Afro-Brazilian ancestry, their family’s return migration to West Africa, and their connection to Liverpool’s history of …
- Year:
- 2025
- Contributor:
- Brown University. Ruth J Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (Creator)
- International Slavery Museum (Creator)
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) (Creator)
- Akauna, Amber (interviewee)
- Brady, Darren (videographer)
- Brown, Maxine (interviewer)
- Sheen, Jessica (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary genre)
- Subject:
- Afro-Carribean heritage
- Global Curatorial Project
- Systemic oppression
- Unfinished Conversations
- England
- Liverpool (England)
- Local ID:
- Amber & Jess H265 Master
- Language:
- English
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Geographic Emphases
- The University and Beyond
- Global Curatorial Project
- GCP Liverpool
- Description:
- In this interview, Anna Mawuna Nsiala discusses her Protestant baptism, the Flemish (Belgian) colonial era, how her parents talked to her about slavery, Congolese independence …
- Year:
- 2023
- Contributor:
- Brown University. Ruth J Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (Creator)
- Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale (Creator)
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) (Creator)
- Mawuna Nsiala, Anna (interviewee)
- Shemisi, Paul (videographer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary genre)
- Subject:
- Afterlives of slavery and colonialism
- Belgian Congo
- Colonialism
- Colonization
- Congo (Democratic Republic)--Social conditions--20th century.
- Congo (Democratic Republic)--Social conditions--21st century.
- Congolese independence
- Protestantism
- Protestantism--Social aspects--Africa--History--20th century
- Protestantism--Social aspects--Africa--History--21st century
- Racial slavery
- Religion
- Slavery
- Spirituality
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Kinshasa (Congo)
- Local ID:
- DRC_Mawuna_Nsiala_Anna_Kikongo_2023_June_13_P1000023
- Language:
- Kongo
- Lingala
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Geographic Emphases
- The University and Beyond
- Global Curatorial Project
- GCP Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Description:
- Conversants: Charlie Cobb and Annie Pearl Avery
- Year:
- 2014
- Contributor:
- SNCC Legacy Project (Creator)
- Avery, Annie Pearl (1943-)
- Cobb, Charles E. (Jr.)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Subject:
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
- Local ID:
- bdr837271
- Language:
- English
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- The University and Beyond
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Legacy Project Oral Histories Collection
- Description:
- In this interview, Arlean Horton and Patrick Munnerlyn discuss the history of Africatown, the way the landscape and neighborhoods have changed over time, and the …
- Year:
- 2022
- Contributor:
- Brown University. Ruth J Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (Creator)
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) (Creator)
- Horton, Arlean (interviewee)
- McNeil Tiffany (interviewer)
- McNeil Tiffany (videographer)
- Miller, Gabrielle Chantal (interviewer)
- Munnerlyn, Patrick (interviewee)
- Obenda, Johanna (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary genre)
- Subject:
- Afterlives of slavery and colonialism
- Communal empowerment and growth
- Communal healthcare
- Employment access
- Environmental racism
- Family history
- Freedom
- Great Migration
- History as sanctuary
- Land Development
- Mobile (Ala.) History
- Public service access
- Self-sufficiency
- Africatown (Ala.)
- Local ID:
- 314_3578_AF
- Language:
- English
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Geographic Emphases
- The University and Beyond
- Global Curatorial Project
- GCP Africatown
- Description:
- In this interview, Arlean Horton discusses her familial connection to Africatown, their efforts to support community growth, and the history of resistance to government neglect. …
- Year:
- 2022
- Contributor:
- Brown University. Ruth J Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (Creator)
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) (Creator)
- Horton, Arlean (interviewee)
- McNeil Tiffany (interviewer)
- McNeil Tiffany (videographer)
- Miller, Gabrielle Chantal (interviewer)
- Obenda, Johanna (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary genre)
- Subject:
- Edwards, Rich
- Kidd, John
- International Paper Company
- Union Baptist Church
- Afterlives of slavery and colonialism
- Communal empowerment and growth
- Communal healthcare
- Employment access
- Environmental justice
- Environmental racism
- Family history
- Freedom
- Great Migration
- Great Migration, ca. 1914-ca. 1970
- History as sanctuary
- Mobile (Ala.) History
- Public service access
- Self-sufficiency
- Swimming
- Africatown (Ala.)
- Local ID:
- Arlean
- Language:
- English
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Geographic Emphases
- The University and Beyond
- Global Curatorial Project
- GCP Africatown
- Description:
- Sailors serving on a ship signed an "Articles," which listed their names, duties, and wages, as well as the dates on which they signed on, …
- Year:
- 1764
- Genre:
- contracts
- Local ID:
- BFBR 707-9-9/64
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- The University and Beyond
- Voyage of the Sally
- Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice
- Description:
- In this interview, Ashleigh Nugent discusses his experience growing up with racial profiling and policing in Liverpool, the intergenerational impact of transatlantic slavery, and the …
- Year:
- 2025
- Contributor:
- Brown University. Ruth J Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (Creator)
- International Slavery Museum (Creator)
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) (Creator)
- Brady, Darren (videographer)
- Elliss Eyo-Thompson (interviewer)
- Nugent, Ashleigh (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary genre)
- Subject:
- Afro-Carribean heritage
- Creative writing
- Global Curatorial Project
- Liverpool
- Liverpool Black community
- Mass incarceration
- Racial profiling in law enforcement
- Transatlantic slave trade
- Unfinished Conversations
- England
- Liverpool (England)
- Local ID:
- ASH H265 HD MASTER
- Language:
- English
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Geographic Emphases
- The University and Beyond
- Global Curatorial Project
- GCP Liverpool
- Description:
- In this interview, Aïssata Sy discusses her family and personal history, schooling and education, Endam Bilaali, freedom as a happiness, and slavery as a social …
- Year:
- 2023
- Contributor:
- Brown University. Ruth J Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (Creator)
- Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire (Creator)
- Musée des Civilizations Noires (Creator)
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) (Creator)
- Unité de Recherche en Ingénierie Culturelle et en Anthropologie (URICA) (Creator)
- Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (Creator)
- Sy, Aïssata (interviewee)
- Thiam, Amadou (interviewer)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary genre)
- Subject:
- Education access
- Equality and freedom
- Galounké
- Islam--Social aspects--Africa, West--History--20th century
- Land ownership
- Schooling
- Senegal--Social conditions--20th century
- Slavery
- Social status
- Horkodiéré (Senegal)
- Matam (Senegal)
- Senegal
- Local ID:
- A. Sy 1
- Language:
- French
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Geographic Emphases
- The University and Beyond
- Global Curatorial Project
- GCP Senegal
- Description:
- In this interview, Badara Seck discusses his family history, religion, and internal African conflicts that informed how communities allied with white settlers for safety and …
- Year:
- 2021
- Contributor:
- Brown University. Ruth J Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (Creator)
- Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire (Creator)
- Musée des Civilizations Noires (Creator)
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) (Creator)
- Unité de Recherche en Ingénierie Culturelle et en Anthropologie (URICA) (Creator)
- Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (Creator)
- Seck, Badara, 1969- (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary genre)
- Subject:
- CNCR animations
- Colonial occupation
- Colonization
- Culture conflict
- Internal conflict
- Islam--Senegal--History
- Islam--Social aspects--Africa, West--History--20th century
- Senegal--Social conditions--20th century
- Saint-Louis (Senegal)
- Senegal
- Local ID:
- Senegal_Seck_Badara_interview_Wolof_2021Feb12
- Language:
- Wolof
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Geographic Emphases
- The University and Beyond
- Global Curatorial Project
- GCP Senegal
- Description:
- In this Phase 1 interview, Baila Coulibaly discusses the history of his family, Fouta society, the impact of colonization, the consequences of slavery, his own …
- Year:
- 2021
- Contributor:
- Brown University. Ruth J Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (Creator)
- Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire (Creator)
- Musée des Civilizations Noires (Creator)
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) (Creator)
- Unité de Recherche en Ingénierie Culturelle et en Anthropologie (URICA) (Creator)
- Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (Creator)
- Coulibaly, Baila, 1948- (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary genre)
- Subject:
- Endam Bilaali
- Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales
- Laktof Africa
- African liberation movement
- Equality and freedom
- Racial slavery
- Racism
- Senegal--Social conditions--20th century
- Slavery
- France
- Horkodiéré (Senegal)
- Senegal
- Local ID:
- Senegal_Coulibaly_Baila_interview_Pulaar_2021Feb06
- Language:
- Pulaar
- Fula
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Geographic Emphases
- The University and Beyond
- Global Curatorial Project
- GCP Senegal
- Description:
- The curatorial interview with Bambi Ceuppens in Dakar, Senegal from August 24, 2024.
- Year:
- 2024
- Contributor:
- Brown University. Ruth J Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (Creator)
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) (Creator)
- Bogues, Tony (interviewer)
- Ceuppens, Bambi (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary genre)
- Subject:
- Colonization
- Curation
- Global Curatorial Project
- In Slavery's Wake
- Racial identities
- Slavery
- Unfinished Conversations
- Local ID:
- A004C0001_240824_232M04_AF
- Language:
- English
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Geographic Emphases
- The University and Beyond
- Global Curatorial Project
- GCP Curators
- Description:
- Cousins Anthony “Twingy” McPherson and Harold (Barry) Chang recount family histories, Rastafari faith, beekeeping, and community life in Liverpool while reflecting on slavery’s legacies and …
- Year:
- 2025
- Contributor:
- Brown University. Ruth J Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (Creator)
- International Slavery Museum (Creator)
- National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.) (Creator)
- Brady, Darren (videographer)
- Brown (Maxine interviewer)
- Chang, Barry (interviewee)
- McPherson, Antony (interviewee)
- Genre:
- oral histories (literary genre)
- Subject:
- Global Curatorial Project
- Liverpool (England)--Social conditions--20th century.
- Systemic oppression
- Unfinished Conversations
- England
- Liverpool (England)
- Local ID:
- Bary and Tony MASTER HD
- Language:
- English
- Collection:
- Brown University Library
- Geographic Emphases
- The University and Beyond
- Global Curatorial Project
- GCP Liverpool