Skip to content
Apply
Stories

Melissa Pearson Joins University-Wide Faculty Panel on “Juneteenth: Legacies and Lessons”

People in this story

the significance of juneteenth featuring a photo grid of melissa pearson, rod brunson, ted landsmark, and daniel medwed

Melissa Pearson, Assistant Teaching Professor in English, spoke as a faculty expert on a virtual panel discussion exploring both the history and the current significance of Juneteenth, an important day in the history of the Black experience. During this panel, Professor Pearson encouraged all the Northeastern listeners to start anti-racist action by considering their own sphere of influence, to listen, learn, and validate, and then to, “Ripple it out!” She recommends reading the historical novel Jubilee by Margaret Walker to help us understand and learn more about the importance of this holiday and anti-racist action.

Read more in News@Northeastern.

the significance of juneteenth event banner, ft. images of speakers and an event description

More Stories

Keywords for Health Humanities, Co-edited by Prof. Sari Altschuler, Published By NYU Press

09.11.2023

Unforgotten Lives Exhibit at the London Metropolitan Archives Tours London

Northeastern logo

Hillary Chute Publishes Review of “Damnation Diaries”

09.15.23
News