Yet Another Thing I Was Never Taught in School

Item sets: The Sphex Club Papers; Jones Memorial Library Manuscripts Collection

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Identifier: JML.MS1133-0554
Barcode: JML.MS1133-0554
Title: Yet Another Thing I Was Never Taught in School
Description: Christina Delzingaro's presentation, "Yet Another Thing I Never Learned in School," explored the setbacks faced by African Americans in accumulating generational wealth due to white physical and policy violence starting from the Reconstruction Era. It detailed the impact of over 175 racially motivated massacres and oppressive policies like Jim Crow laws and redlining on the economic and political advancement of black Americans, highlighting the long-lasting effects of these actions on the wealth disparity between white and black families in the U.S.
Date: 23 September 2021
Creator: Delzingaro, Christina
topic: SPHEX Club - lecture; Delzingaro, Christina; Reconstruction Era; race; Jim Crow laws; Sherman's Special Orders Number 15; white supremacy; voting rights
Location: Lynchburg, Va.
Digital Format: pdf
Language: English
Publisher: George M. Jones Library Association
Repository: George M. Jones Library Association
Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Rights Holder: Delzingaro, Christina; George M. Jones Library Association