Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice
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Your gift to the Simmons Center will help support core programs focused on the history and legacies of the racial slave trade globally.
The Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice is located at 82 and 94 Waterman Street. Our renovated 19th-century house (94 Waterman Street) includes a rotating gallery exhibition space, the stunning glass wall art piece “Rising to Freedom” and a symbolic garden.