Rebecca Hall ’85 Yes, and she's from the future. Twan Claiborne ’07 You know, that's so organic too because she's definitely in touch with multiple dimensions and bringing stories, her stories and his stories and they stories all to the forefront.ĭr. Actually, let me take the headphones out 'cause maybe apps won't randomly start. So suddenly Janelle Monae was blasting here. Okay, I'm gonna have to, all this stuff is trying to turn on in the background. Can you hear me? 'Cause I have this mic on now.ĭr. Hall shares excerpts from Wake, including illustrations by Hugo Martinez, a New Orleans-based graphic artist and illustrator. Our memories must be longer than our lifetimes." Dr. Hall writes, "Like at a wake," a wake as in a funeral, "we speak of the dead and for the dead. Hall, as a granddaughter of slaves, weaves together a narrative of her own family life with deep archival research that uncovered women warriors. Named the best book of 2021 by NPR and the Washington Post, "Wake" is part graphic novel, part memoir where Dr. Rebecca Hall tells the largely untold story of women who planned and led slave revolts on the middle passage and throughout the Americas. In her graphic novel "Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts," historian Dr. Rebecca Hall, originally from Brooklyn, New York. Without any further ado, I am going to introduce to you to Dr. So at any time, if you have a question, you can type it in the box and I will take note of it and we'll answer the questions that way. Hall and I will be conversing with questions I have created and insights that she will present, build off of the banter, and then we will take questions from the audience. So you can always revisit and spread the news with your friends. The event is being recorded and within two to three weeks, it will be shared on Swarthmore College's website. Before we begin our conversation, I'm going to review the logistics of this event. My name is Twan Claiborne and I am facilitating tonight's SWAT talk with Dr. Good morning, good evening, good afternoon, whatever time zone or part of the world you're in. Twan Claiborne ’07 Welcome once again, everyone.
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