Ancestral Remembrance Ceremony and Marker Installation
Honoring African ancestors who perished during the Middle Passage and those ancestors who survived and arrived at this settlement
Wade in the Water: Healing, Reconciling, Revitalizing Africatown
Event and Panel Discussion
Spirit of Our Ancestors Festival
The festival celebrates the spirit of the Clotilda survivors who were among 110 Africans brought illegally to Mobile as cargo from Dahomey (present-day Benin) in Africa aboard the ship Clotilda in 1860. Despite the challenges, they formed the Africatown community, which exists to this day. Their families honor their legacy and those of others who […]
Seminole Maroon Spiritual Remembrance
The annual spiritual remembrance of the two 1838 Battles of the Loxahatchee River against the Native and African American Seminoles of Florida. For further information call 305-7737714 or visit www.fbhrpinc.org.
Remembrance Ceremony and Middle Passage Marker Dedication
The Algiers community will remember the enslaved Africans who arrived at Algiers.
Ancestral Remembrance Ceremony and Marker Unveiling
Honoring those African ancestors who perished during the Middle Passage, those who survived and arrived in bondage to Mobile, and their descendants Unveiling historic marker identifying Mobile as a UNESCO Site of Memory associated with the UNESCO Slave Route Project Free and open to the public
Ancestral Remembrance Ceremony Pensacola, FL
Honoring enslaved African ancestors who perished during the Middle Passage, those who survived and arrived at Pensacola, and their descendants Free and open to the public
1619 Collective Memory(ies) Symposium
For more information: https://stonecenter.unc.edu/program/1619-collective-memoryies-symposium/ Also: Call-(919) 9629001; email – stone center@unc.edu Free and open to the Public
Darien Fall Festival
Temporary Marker Installation for Sapelo Bay
Til Victory Is Won: 400 Years of Making Revolution
A Teach-In at the Library observing the 400th anniversary of the arrival of enslaved Africans to the shores of Jamestown, Virginia, examining freedom movements and liberation strategies from the Middle Passage to Black Lives Matter and beyond. Saturday, October 26 / 7 pm to Midnight See the full ‘Til Victory schedule and RSVP here: bklynlibrary.org/til-victory-is-won. […]