On Friday, October 8, 2021 at 6 p.m. ET, The Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College Director Adam Goodheart will speak with Professor Van E. Gosse about Kent County native and abolitionist Henry Highland Garnet and the origins of Black politics. Gosse is the author of a new book […]
Continue ReadingDear Friends and Chesapeake Heartland Partners, The Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience announces the launch of the Chesapeake Heartland Digital Archive: https://archive.chesapeakeheartland.org A collaboration between the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington College, Sumner Hall, Kent Cultural Alliance, and Kent County Public Library, Chesapeake Heartland aims to […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD—Adam Goodheart, director of Washington College’s Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience, will discuss the Revolutionary–era origins of America’s liberal arts colleges on May 23, 2019 at the Talbot Country Club in Easton. Goodheart will present his talk “America Goes to College” at the event, which is open to the public […]
Continue ReadingCHESTERTOWN, MD — Cristina Jiménez, immigration reform advocate, MacArthur Foundation “genius award” Fellow, and founder and CEO of the nation’s largest immigrant youth-led organization, will speak at Washington College on Tuesday, April 16. She will share the powerful story of her own journey, from arriving in the US at age 13 as an undocumented immigrant […]
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