New Perspectives on Salem's African American History

This free Salem 400 event with editors and chapter authors of Salem’s Centuries: New Perspectives on the History of an Old American City will focus on new perspectives of Salem's African American History.

Join editors Dr. Donna Seger and Dr. Brad Austin and chapter authors Dr. Bethany Jay and Mary Zujewski as they discuss topics concerning Salem's African American history including slavery, John Remond, the abolition activism of Mary Spencer and her son Brad, the Black Picnic, and more. 

Wicked Good Books will be on site to sell the Salem’s Centuries book.

Donna A Seger is Professor of History at Salem State University and editor of Salem’s Centuries: New Perspectives on the History of an Old American City. She is the author of The Practical Renaissance: Information Culture and the Quest for Knowledge in Early Modern England, 1500-1640 and manages the blog Streets of Salem.

Brad Austin is Professor of History at Salem State University and editor of Salem’s Centuries: New Perspectives on the History of an Old American City. He is the author of Democratic Sports: Men's and Women's College Athletics during the Great Depression and the coeditor of Understanding and Teaching the Vietnam War and Teaching U.S. History through Sports.

Bethany Jay is a Professor of History at Salem State University, where she works in a number of fields including nineteenth-century American history, African American history, and history education. She is the co-editor of Understanding and Teaching American Slavery, which won the American Historical Association's 2018 James Harvey Robinson Prize. Together with Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Bethany co-hosted the fourth season of Learning for Justice's Teaching Hard History podcast and currently is working on a new anthology entitled Understanding and Teaching Jim Crow America. 

Maryann Zujewski is an award-winning educator and interpreter who retired after more than 30 years with the National Park Service. As a Park Ranger and Education Specialist, she developed place-based programs on enslavement and freedom in Salem, Massachusetts. Her inclusive work earned local, regional, and national recognition, and she continues this work through volunteer service with history and social justice nonprofits.

Free 

This is a hybrid event. Zoom link will be sent to all registrants an hour before the program starts.

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