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HONOR THE LIVING MEMORY
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One component of honoring this site will be bestowed when the descendants of those enslaved and oppressed people can walk proudly into a place
of honor for their ancestors, and into their rightful places as participants in Richmond's long, complex, and ongoing story.
CALENDAR IN BRIEF
Friday, February 13,
2009
- 5:30
– 6:00 p.m. Celebrate Black Love Day at the Burial Ground for Negroes, 1541 E. Broad Street (enter through the VCU parking
lot).
Saturday, February 14,
2009
William Byrd Community House
/ Grace Arents Library and Education Center,
224 S. Cherry Street, Richmond, VA 23220 - Contact: Patty
Parks, Director, Grace Arents Library and Education Center. Phone: (804) 643-2717 / Fax: (804) 225-0297, librarian@wbch.org
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1:15 – 2:15 p.m. Guest
Speaker: The Honorable Viola Baskerville, Secretary of Administration, appointed by Gov. Tim Kane. Genealogy has been an ongoing passion with Ms. Baskerville, come hear her story, as well as an update on
the completion of the Virginia Freedmen’s Bureau Project.
- 2:30
– 3:00 p.m. Research time and talk with genealogists
- 3
- 4 p.m. Stay and join the meeting to support the preservation of the Richmond
“Burial Ground for Negroes”.
Wednesday, February
18, 2009
- 4
– 6 p.m. Burial Ground Outreach Event: Flier and Petition with the Community
Committee to Rescue Richmond’s Black History & Antiquities at the “Burial Ground for Negroes” 1541 E.
Broad St. (sidewalk along the VCU parking lot that covers the cemetery) – Learn more and share what you know.
African
American Studies Course (see
full schedule on calendar page)
All courses held at the East District Family Resource Center (FRC), 2405 Jefferson Avenue in Church Hill (23223) unless otherwise noted, Wednesdays, 7:00
- 9:00 pm, Contact: Dr. Shawn Utsey (VCU), 828-1384 or Cynthia Newbille (FRC), 644-4496
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February 18,
2009 Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes - Byron Hurt (To be held
in the Student Commons theater at VCU)
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February 25,
2009 Creating a Future Drawn from our Past: An Artist's Perspective
- Prayer Beads Project - Prof. Sonya Clark,VCU
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