Brown University’s Slavery and Justice Report with Commentary on Context and Impact
In 2006, Brown released its groundbreaking Report of the Brown University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice, confronting and publicly documenting the University’s complex history with the transatlantic slave trade. The Report, commissioned under the leadership of then-President Ruth J. Simmons, set a high standard for unflinching analysis and became a national model for responsible scholarship, sparking a national conversation. Brown was among the first institutions of higher education in the United States to publicly catalogue its ties to racial slavery. Fifteen years later, under the leadership of President Christina H. Paxson, the University now releases a second edition of the Report, offering insights into the document’s persisting impact, both on Brown’s campus and across the nation and the world.
Read Brown University’s Slavery and Justice Report with Commentary on Context and Impact.