A manuscript workshop with Alex Manevitz (History, Baruch College)
While Seneca Village faded from memory by the end of the 19th century, there has been a renewed surge interest at present. In March 2023, Hidden Black CT organized a chapter workshop for Alex Manevitz’s book, The Rise and Fall of Seneca Village: Remaking Race and Space in Nineteenth-Century NYC (under contract, Cornell Univ. Press). Participants included Kathryn Lasdow, (History, Suffolk Univ.), Rachel Walker (History and Philosophy, Univ. of Hartford), Mary Dudas (Political Science, Trinity), Chris Hager (English, Trinity), Mary Mahoney (Digital Scholarship Strategist, Trinity), Maggie Powers (American Studies MA candidate, Trinity), Jordan and Christina.