Abolition work looks like this: Dr. Aja Reynolds, assistant professor of urban education and critical race studies in the Division of Teacher Education, and the young Black women and femmes from the Abolitionist Museum Project spent their holiday party writing letters to incarcerated Black women and preparing care bags filled with hygiene products and snacks for their families. A few summers ago, these Detroit youth researched the city’s abolitionist legacy and designed their own pop-up museum e

🖤 Today in Black History…. “Freedom turns into a future when a community builds roots.” On October 28, 1830, Rev. Josiah Henson, his wife Charlotte, and their four children reached Upper Canada after escaping slavery in the United States. Soon after, Henson helped build the Dawn Settlement near present-day Dresden, Ontario. In 1841, supporters purchased about 200 acres so families could live, farm, and own property. In 1842, the community opened the British American Institute, a school for acad

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