"Begin with a Clock: How Brown university addressed its connection to slavery"

Dr. Brenda A. Allen is Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at Winston Salem State University. While at Brown University, Allen was a member of the Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice. She has published widely in the area of culture and cognitive processing.

The "Dangerous Memories: Conversations around the past, social justice and constructing university memory" series features speakers addressing the challenges of dealing with difficult or hidden histories on American university campuses. Our speakers address how their campuses and museums have confronted legacies of slavery, racism and inequality in a thoughtful way that promotes social justice. This series is held in conjunction with a Bass Connections Brain and Society project that is looking at how memory is constructed at Duke and laying out ways the campus could build a more inclusive story about its past.