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“Rethinking the Amistad Story”
New Haven Museum
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Reception at 5:30 pm., program at 6 p.m.
Save the date! Award-winning historian, writer, filmmaker, playwright, and activist Dr. Marcus Rediker will present, “Rethinking the Amistad Story." This is a rare local opportunity to meet the historian whose work transformed the understanding of the Amistad revolt and was central to the recent re-interpretation of the New Haven Museum exhibit, “Amistad: Retold.”
Rediker will discuss who the African rebels were, how they waged the uprising, and what the ordeal meant to them. He will explore the legacies of the Amistad Revolt as a powerful example of resistance to oppression that was a “deeply human affair about real people, under real circumstances, making life-and-death decisions in real time.” He will also address what drove him to research the “Amistad” in Sierra Leone, and the subsequent presentation of his work in graphic novels, a documentary, and his recent play, “The Return of Benjamin Lay,” co-written with Naomi Wallace.
The program is organized by New Haven Museum with the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition and the Amistad Committee, with support by Connecticut Humanities.
Date & Time
Thu, Apr 3, 2025 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM