Thanks to everyone who attended the Not in Our Town Princeton Continuing Conversation on Monday, February 1. As always, Rev. Mjumbe’s talk was richly informative and inspiring. We in Princeton are fortunate to have a prophet in Princeton. Below are links to Rev. Mjumbe’s presentation, including the Q&A, and to the resources he mentioned. I’ve also included the discussion questions. We encourage you to share the video with others and to use the questions to begin or continue learning and talking about the history we weren’t taught, the African American history of Princeton, of the town where you live and of our country. I hope we will see you at our March 1 Continuing Conversation. Linda Oppenheim
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Discussion questions
- Are there any “Black history mysteries” that you learned about Princeton and/or New Jersey late in life? What is the African American history of your town? What surprised you about the presentation tonight?
- Are you aware of any “lies agreed upon” that seem to exist about the history and reality of race and racism in Princeton? How do you intend to challenge the lies? How should “our town” challenge the lies?
- Have you ever had a difficult conversation about Black history with a person of a different racial group? Your same racial group?
Links and Resources
- Rev. Lukata Mjumbe’s Presentation on YouTube
- The Princeton (University) & Slavery Project
- Princeton Seminary and Slavery
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I Hear My People Singing: Voices of African American Princeton, by Kathryn Watterson (foreword by Cornel West). - Princeton Seminary in American Religion and Culture, by James Moorhead
- The Paul Robeson House of Princeton
- Witherspoon-Jackson Historical and Cultural Society – (Read the newest newsletter and explore Shirley Satterfield’s tour of the Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood)
- “Wilson Revisited: What the Presidential Portrait Left Out,” by Deborah Yaffee, Princeton Alumni Weekly, 2/3/2016
- Princeton Mutual Aid
- Unidad Latina en Acción-NJ – on Facebook
Until the killing of black men, black mothers’ sons, becomes as important to the rest of the country as the killing of a white mother’s son, we who believe in freedom cannot rest. Ella Baker