Hartford-raised, TSJI Ford Postdoctoral Fellow, and new Assistant Professor of American Studies and History, Channon Miller (TC ‘11), delivered the lecture, “In Search of Hartford’s Black Maternal Garden” last October. At the end of the talk, Ms. Emma Jones came to the podium. As Miller describes in her research, Ms. Jones’ son Malik had been murdered by the East Haven police in 1997. In the aftermath, Ms. Jones vowed to wear white for the rest of her life in protest and in solidarity with other victims of police terror. She asked the full capacity crowd to stand and applaud Dr. Miller for her work in lifting up the struggles of Black mothers in Hartford and Connecticut for justice.
This talk was organized by TSJI and co-sponsored by the Smart Cities Lab, American Studies Program, History Department, and the minor in African American Studies.