Unforgetting – Restoring and Reclaiming Connecticut’s Hidden Histories

A panel of experts talks about efforts to uncover long-ignored stories and recalibrate our understanding of Connecticut’s historical involvement with slavery. Former State Representative Pat Wilson Pheanious shares her family’s story in Connecticut Public’s new series Unforgotten: Connecticut’s Hidden History of Slavery; Akeia de Barros Gomes, Senior Curator of Maritime Social Histories at the Mystic Seaport Museum previews the upcoming exhibition Entwined: Freedom, Sovereignty and the Sea; and Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Blight discusses the new book Yale and Slavery: A History. Panelists will talk about the projects and explore big questions that have led to this moment. Moderated by Diane Orson, Special Correspondent with Connecticut Public.

Program presented by Connecticut Public and the Connecticut Museum

TICKETS
$10 General Admission
$5 Connecticut Museum Members and CT Public Members
Free for Connecticut Museum NARM Members
*A limited number of tickets are available at no cost for the general public. Use code “CTPUBLIC” during the registration process.