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To view the recording, click the image above or visit this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Black Alumni Leadership Council<\/a> and the Boston University Alumni Association hosted an in-depth conversation on transformative events in Black history. From Emancipation to the Tulsa Massacre and the dedication of the Shaw Memorial on Beacon Hill, these events have shaped generations. During this panel discussion, experts provided a better understanding of how we can look back while planning for the future. <\/p>\n

Panelists<\/h3>\n

Carmen Fields (COM\u201973)<\/strong>
\nProducer and host, WHDH-TV 7\/Boston<\/em><\/p>\n

Leon Wilson (MET\u201975)<\/strong>
\nPresident and CEO, Museum of African American History<\/em><\/p>\n

Imari Paris Jeffries<\/strong>
\nExecutive Director, King Boston<\/em><\/p>\n

Paula Austin<\/strong>
\nAssistant Professor, History and African American Studies, Director of Graduate Studies, Boston University<\/em><\/p>\n

Moderator<\/h3>\n

Karen Holmes Ward (COM\u201977, HON\u201918)<\/strong>
\nWCVB Director of Public Affairs, Community Services and host of CityLine<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hear from experts who bring a better understanding of how we can look back and plan for the future. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19214,"featured_media":12057,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,1,390],"tags":[1004,71,554],"featured_img":"\/alumni\/files\/2021\/06\/juneteenth_black_history_shutterstock_1917799418-rectangle-800x600.png","agg_excerpt":"Hear from experts who bring a better understanding of how we can look back and plan for the future.","agg_title":"Juneteenth 2021","media_icon":"webinar-icon","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12055"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12055"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21523,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12055\/revisions\/21523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}