Toward Living Memory
February 2, 2012
For Black History Month: a MacArthur "genius" who's unearthing an especially painful chapter of the American experience — the intersecting history of African-Americans and Native Americans, and the little-known narratives that Cherokee landowners held black slaves. Even with history this difficult, Tiya Miles shows us the possibility of stretching the canvas of the past wide enough to hold both hard truths and healing.
About the Image
Students from Tiya Miles' senior seminar on American slavery visit the Ypsilanti Historical Museum during a tour of Underground Railroad sites in Michigan.
