Four hundred years ago, the first Africans were sold into bondage in what was to become the United States of America. Dr. Mindy Fullilove, a board-certified psychiatrist, has called the country to reckon with this history. Artists have responded: Shaun Leonardo, whose work centers on the criminal justice system, and Favianna Rodriguez, founder of The Center for Cultural Power, will join in a conversation moderated by Jamie Bennett, executive director of ArtPlace America.

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