Donna Brazile, Johns Hopkins leaders speak as part of Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration
In their remarks, each reflects on the words and insights of the civil rights icon and discusses how his words can help lead to a better future for all Americans By Saralyn Cruickshank / Published Jan 14, 2021
Now is a moment for Americans to come together to heal the traumas of the past and work toward a more hopeful future and to hold fast to the ideals of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., said Donna Brazile, a political strategist and analyst, during a keynote fireside chat today held as part of the 39th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration at Johns Hopkins.
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The Johns Hopkins slavery “scandal”
Historical census records show that Johns Hopkins founder of his namesake university in Baltimore, Maryland was a slave-owner, university officials announced on December 9, in an open letter. The revelation has been seized on to generate a racialist campaign at Johns Hopkins University, site of the nation’s leading medical college.
The open letter, entitled
“Reexamining the history of our founder,” states that university officials received a tip from a Maryland state archivist about the existence of the census records in the spring. A team of university historians followed up on the tip and found “government census records that state Mr. Hopkins was the owner of one enslaved person listed in his household in 1840 and four enslaved people listed in 1850. By the 1860 census, there are no enslaved persons listed in the household.” Additional documents from the 1830s showed that Hopkins sometimes purchased slaves to settle debts.
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