American Classical League Institute 2024

Echoing the theme “Voces Populorum,” not just Classics FOR all but BY all, the presenter will demonstrate a new resource, “Examples of Intersections of Classics and African American Studies,” the result of NCLG’s 2023 Round Table. The increase in new 'African American Studies' in high schools and colleges, as well as the importance of all students seeing People of Color as significant within the history and study of Latin, Greek and ancient Mediterranean cultures, presented a double impetus for the presenter to create a shared web resource to encourage teachers to present information in class about these contributions. The presenter will explain the organization and use of included sources and classroom-ready materials spotlighting significant contributions of Black Classicists and classically-trained African Americans, some of whom focused their careers in classical education, while also active in social, religious, and political movements, while others became significant artists, writers, educators, and scientists, influenced by classical literature, myth, rhetoric, or engineering.