Advocating for Afro- Indigenous Freedmen in the Twenty-First Century: A Talk with Marilyn Vann on History, Activism, Tribal Sovereignty, and Civil Rights

Join Ms. Marilyn Vann (Cherokee Nation citizen) for a discussion on the current statuses, histories, and advocacy efforts of Freedmen of the Five Former Slaveholding Tribes (descendants of enslaved people of African ancestry in the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee Creek, and Seminole Nations). Topics will include tribal citizenship, sovereignty, and the historic and present-day statuses of Freedmen.

Event open to all Harvard affiliates and interested community members.