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History of Slave Trade Lectures Set at University of Richmond

June 27, 2003

A lecture on the African roots of blues and jazz will kick off a series sponsored by the UNESCO Transatlantic Slave Trade USA Education Project at the University of Richmond.

Gayle Murchison, a specialist in musicology at Tulane University, will speak on "Incorporating Music and Teaching about the Slave Trade: From Jamestown to Memphis" at 8 p.m. on June 30 in Jepson Hall 118.

Norrece Jones, associate professor of history and African-American Studies at VCU, will speak on "An Uncommon Ground: Race, Enslavement and the Domestic Slave Trade" at 4:30 p.m. on July 1. Also on July 1, Babatunde Lawal, professor of African and African Diaspora art at VCU, will present a slide lecture on African Diaspora art at 8 p.m. Both presentations are in Jepson Hall 118.

All the talks are free and open to the public.

Also, local teachers are invited to participate in the meeting July 1-2. Sessions will include discussions of the slave trade and slave experience, particularly in Virginia. Registration begins July 1 at 8:30 a.m. in Jepson Hall, and CEU (continuing education unit) credits will be available.

The UNESCO Transatlantic Slave Trade USA Education Project is a combination teacher workshop and community discussion project designed to educate participants on the history of the slave trade and how it has shaped today's world. Its other three annual meetings were held at Tulane, the College of Charleston and Yale.