Presentation by Dr Blair Proctor

Presentation by Dr Blair Proctor on ‘Pandemics in New Orleans & Johannesburg: From Jim Crow and Apartheid through Covid-19'.- June 29, 17:30. Blair M. Proctor, PhD, is Asst Professor of African History, Dept of Black Studies at State University, NY, and Research Associate with African Centre for the Study of United States at Wits University. He is a Black Studies scholar and urban geographer of the African Diaspora. From an African Diasporic lens and comparative study, his talk will center on how the coronavirus has added an additional layer of trauma to already traumatized communities.