{"id":423,"date":"2019-04-28T10:32:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T14:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mhantislaveryhistoryproject-new\/?p=423"},"modified":"2019-04-28T10:32:16","modified_gmt":"2019-04-28T14:32:16","slug":"4th-annual-lorraine-m-roberts-lecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mhantislaveryhistoryproject\/2019\/04\/28\/4th-annual-lorraine-m-roberts-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"4th Annual Lorraine M. Roberts Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #993300\"><strong>The Black History Project Committee of the Mid-Hudson Heritage Center <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #993300\"><strong>invites you to the <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #993300\"><strong>4th Annual Lorraine M. Roberts Memorial Lecture<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #339966\"><strong>Segregation Stress Syndrome:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #339966\"><strong>Elderly African American survivors of Jim Crow, the long term impacts of racial violence, and the intergenerational transmission of trauma<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Professor Ruth Thompson-Miller<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Visiting Associate Professor of Sociology at Vassar College<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #993300\"><strong>Thursday, May 2, 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #993300\"><strong>Mid-Hudson Heritage Center<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #993300\"><strong>@ The Trolley Barn<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #993300\"><strong>489 Main Street in Poughkeepsie<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #993300\"><strong>Time: 6:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong>Ruth Thompson-Miller<\/strong> is Visiting Associate Professor of sociology at Vassar College. Her research specializations are race and ethnicity, mental illness, and the elderly. She received the American Sociological Association (ASA)\u2013National Institute of Mental Health\u2013Minority Fellowship.<\/p>\n<p>She is the co-author of four books, including: <em>Jim Crow\u2019s Legacy: The Lasting Impact of Segregation<\/em>; <em>Systemic Racism: Making Liberty, Justice, and&nbsp;Democracy Real<\/em>; &nbsp;<em>Not Your Grandmother\u2019s Movement: Civil Rights and Black Lives Matter; &nbsp;<\/em>and <em>Please Don\u2019t Shoot: Children, Police Violence, and Trauma<\/em>. She is the co-author of chapters in <em>Counseling Psychology<\/em>, <em>Sociology of Racial and Ethnic Relations<\/em>, and <em>Violence Against Women<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><strong>Lorraine Roberts<\/strong> was the founding President of the Black History Project Committee and proudly served the committee and community until her passing in 2015. The Black History Project Committee of the Mid-Hudson Heritage Center continues to honor her legacy with the fourth annual lecture in her name.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Free public event, donations encouraged. <\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Light refreshments will be served.<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Black History Project Committee of the Mid-Hudson Heritage Center invites you to the 4th Annual Lorraine M. 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