Aug 31 Webinar: David Ruggles, Richard Riker, and the movement to Close Rikers

Join us on the day that marks two years from the legal deadline to Close Rikers to learn about the legacy of slavery and freedom in New York, and connections to our current movement.

Panelists will include Graham Russell Gao Hodges, author of David Ruggles: A Radical Black Abolitionist and the Underground Railroad in New York City, and Jonathan Daniel Wells, author of The Kidnapping Club: Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War.