Historical Activism and Anti-Slavery Resistance: The Parker Academy

Dr. Peggy Brunache, a visiting international scholar specializing in historical archaeology and slavery at Northern Kentucky University, will speak about her excavations at the Parker Academy (founded 1839 in New Richmond), the first integrated, co-ed school in Ohio. Dr. Brunache is a Ford Foundation scholar working in conjunction with the National Underground Freedom Center. This event will be held in Mosler Hall RM 500. For more details contact John Schaefer, schaefjp@miamioh.edu (Miami Hamilton)