Black History Month on the campus of Ï㽶ÊÓƵ opened with a powerful talk on the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Church's past involvement in slavery.
Author Rachel L. Swarns discussed her book, “The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Church" with a large crowd inside Heritage Hall on Feb. 1. Swarns has been touring the country, discussing the lingering impacts of slavery to this day and how she went about discovering previously obscured history.
Swarns recently talked with Ï㽶ÊÓƵ University before the talk. Read that .
View a slideshow of Patrick G. Ryan's photos from the event below.
