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2014. The Slavery Memorial is a sculptural memorial on the campus of Brown University that recognizes the institution's 18th century connections to chattel slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. Designed by sculptor Martin Puryear and dedicated in 2014, the memorial stands on the university's Front Green, adjacent to University Hall.
Steve Baer (political activist) Biman Bagchi. Iris Bahr. Silas Bailey. Jeremiah Bailey. John Bailey (Massachusetts politician) Loring Woart Bailey. Jacques Bailly. Lori Baker.
Throughout its history, Brown University has embodied its mission of cultivating knowledge in a spirit of free inquiry.. This interactive timeline tells the story of a University forged by a commitment to sustained academic excellence; a shared ethos that values discovery, creativity and collaboration; and the persistent drive — by its community of faculty, students, staff and alumni — to ...
Kentucky (1908) Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), [1] was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality. The decision partially overruled the Court's 1896 ...
Christina Hull Paxson has served as Brown University’s 19th president and professor of economics and public policy since July 1, 2012. Under Paxson’s leadership, Brown has fortified its standing as a leading research university known for its excellence and innovation in undergraduate education, its transformational vision in fueling ...
Laurel Bestock. Associate Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Associate Professor of Archaeology and the Ancient World and Egyptology and Assyriology. laurel_bestock@brown.edu. Research Profile. Biography. Laurel Bestock conducts research on the material culture of the Nile Valley and on the methodology of archaeological recording.
The Brown University men's rowing team represents Brown University in men's intercollegiate rowing and is the oldest organized intercollegiate sport at the university. [2] Since its revival in 1949, the Brown University rowing program has become one of the most successful collegiate rowing programs in the world, winning men's and women's ...
