Brown University's Slavery and Justice Report with Commentary on Context and Impact-9781948459051

In 2006, Brown University released its groundbreaking Report of the Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice, confronting and publicly documenting the University's complex history with the transatlantic slave trade and its legacies of anti-Black racism, inequity and injustice. The Report, commissioned under the leadership of then-President Ruth J. Simmons, set a high standard for rigorous, unflinching analysis and became a model of responsible scholarship, sparking a national conversation. Brown was among the first institutions of higher education in the United States to publicly catalogue its ties to racial slavery. Fifteen years later, under the leadership of President Christina H. Paxson, the University now releases the second edition of the Report. This edition expands upon the original report with new perspectives that offer insights into the document's persisting and evolving impact, both on Brown's campus and across the nation and the world.