Join Stratford Hall for a symposium on memorializing burial grounds of enslaved Africans and African Americans at plantation sites.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Dr. Michael Blakey, National Endowment for the Humanities Professor at the College of William and Mary, Anthropology and American Studies.
SPEAKERS:
Dr. Kami Fletcher, Associate Professor of American & African American History, Albright College
Dr. Antoinette T. Jackson, Professor and Chair of Anthropology, University of South Florida, Director of the USF Heritage Research Lab
PANELISTS:
Linda Whitlock-Brown, Descendant, Stratford Hall, VA
Lenora McQueen, Descendant, Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground, Richmond, VA
Dr. Matthew Reeves, Director of Archaeology and Landscape Restoration at James Madison’s Montpelier
Alan Spears, Senior Director for Cultural Resources, Government Affairs, National Parks Conservation Association
Steve Hammond, Syphax descendant, family historian, and genealogist
Schedule:
10:00-10:45: Opening Ceremony at the African American Cemetery
Shiloh Baptist Choir, Tanya Cotton, and Slam Stewart
11:00-12:15 Keynote Address, Dr. Michael Blakey, The African Burial Ground Project: 30 years of effects
12:15-1:15 Lunch
1:15-2:15 Lecture, Dr. Antoinette T. Jackson, The Museum in Community–Black Cemeteries are Black History
Break
2.30-3.30 Lecture, Dr. Kami Fletcher, African American Burial Grounds as Social Justice Activism
Break
3:45-5:15 Panel Discussion
Linda Whitlock-Brown, Descendant, Stratford Hall, VA
Lenora McQueen, Descendant, Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground, Richmond, VA
Dr. Matthew Reeves, Director of Archaeology and Landscape Restoration at James Madison’s Montpelier
Alan Spears, Senior Director for Cultural Resources, Government Affairs, National Parks Conservation Association
Steve Hammond, Syphax descendant, family historian, and genealogist
Closing remarks, conclude at 5:30.
Pricing:
Adults (14+): $15
Seniors (60+): $14
Children 6 to 13: $9
Children 5 and under: Free
Veterans/Military: $13
Students: $10
Friends of Stratford Members: Free
Lunch will be provided and pre-registration is requested.
The African American Cemetery Symposium is part of a weekend of programming which also includes From the Field to the Big House program on Sunday, May 21st. Lodging available onsite at Stratford Hall: www.stratfordhall.org/lodging.
For more information, please contact Dr. Kelley Fanto Deetz, Stratford Hall Vice President of Collections & Public Engagement, at kdeetz@stratfordhall.org.
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