In 2003, Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons appointed a Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice. Composed of faculty, administrators, and students, the Committee was asked to investigate the University’s historical relationship to slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. In 2006, The Committee released a report that sparked a national conversation about institutional legacies.

Join the Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice in collaboration with the One Bear | One Book program for a community discussion of Brown University’s Slavery & Justice Report 2nd Edition. The revised and expanded second edition features perspectives that offer insights on the persistent and evolving impact of Brown’s original 2006 report. This discussion will conclude this season’s One Bear | One Book alumni book club series.