Join us as we celebrate the launch of The Black Teacher Archive — a freely available online historical resource that, for the first time, centralizes and makes accessible the political and intellectual contributions of black educators before 1970. In a conversation hosted by Harvard's Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, the co-founding directors of the Black History Archive — Harvard scholars Jarvis Givens and Imani Perry — will describe how the Archive came into being, through the contributions of nearly 70 archival repositories. They'll explore its potentially transformative impact on our understanding African American history, structural inequality, and the responsibility of educators in the pursuit of freedom and justice. And they will discuss how the archive meets the current moment, as efforts to advance educational equity and justice often face new waves of repression. Speakers • Jarvis Givens, Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education • Imani Perry, Morss Professor in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, and in African and African American Studies, Harvard University Moderator • Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Victor S. Thomas Professor of History and of African and African American Studies, Harvard University -- Harvard Graduate School of Education Website: http://www.gse.harvard.edu/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/harvardeducation/ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HarvardEducation/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hgse