Davis Wright Tremaine Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion was proud to welcome Professor Brandon R. Byrd for a presentation on Juneteenth.

Professor Byrdis a scholar of Black intellectual and social history. He is the author ofThe Black Republic: African Americans and the Fate of Haitiand co-editor ofIdeas in Unexpected Places: Reimagining Black Intellectual HistoryandHaiti for the Haitians.He teaches at Vanderbilt University, where he is an Associate Professor of History and African American & Diaspora Studies. He is currently working on a biography of Benjamin "Pap" Singleton.

In this webinar, Professor Byrd focused on the history and importance of Juneteenth. He also touched on the latest onslaught against DEI and the impact on teaching Black history. This event was moderated by Davis Wright Tremaine's Robin Huey, Legal Secretary and Operations Manager in San Francisco.

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