Talks
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REMEMBERING SLAVERY A panel discusses why the history of slavery in New York remains largely unknown. The panelists are history professors Ira Berlin and Leslie Harris; the curator and research coordinator at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Christopher Moore, and the director of the American Revolution New Media Project at the New-York Historical Soci ety, Cynthia Copeland. The discussion is in conjunction with the exhibit “Slaves in New York,” which explores slavery in the beginning of the state’s history. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West at 77th Street, 212-485-9205, $12 general, $6 seniors, students, teachers, and members.
LIVES IN JAZZ The discussion series Harlem Speaks continues with a conversatin with drummer Rudy Lawless. Coming up: tuba player Howard Johnson (February 9) and Paul Robeson Jr., who will discuss his father’s legacy as a singer, actor, and activist (February 23). Tonight, 6:30-8 p.m., Jazz Museum in Harlem, 104 E. 126th St., between Park and Lexington avenues, 212-348-8300, free.
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