Resilience Amid Resistance: Pay As You Can Exhibition Admission

Rocktown History 382 High St, Dayton, VA, United States

Discover history made by students as told by students. This Civics Season, pay as you can to step into Resilience Amid Resistance—a groundbreaking exhibit created entirely by Rockingham County high […]

Pay As You Can

From Slavery to Freedom Film Series: “American Coup: Wilmington 1898”

Heinz History Center 1212 Smallman St, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Presented as part of the From Slavery to Freedom Film Series, “American Coup: Wilmington 1898” tells the little-known story of a deadly race massacre and carefully orchestrated insurrection in North […]

Slice of History: Excavate Artifacts at Lab Night

Center of Archaeology, Preservation, and Education (CAPE) 6783 Main Street, Gloucester, VA, United States

On the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month, Fairfield hosts a lab night where the public can wash artifacts from current excavations alongside staff archaeologists. On June 17, our […]

Juneteenth Day of Activities

Meadow Farm Museum 3400 Mountain Road, Glen Allen, VA, United States

Discover the history of Juneteenth through arts, crafts, and other hands-on activities. Information: sch107@henrico.gov

Fugitive Data Portraits: Self-Emancipation in Virginia

Join Virginia Humanities Fellow Tev'n Powers for an online discussion about his research at the Library of Virginia to develop Fugitive Data Portraits, a new website to amplify collective and […]

Freedom Song Sing-along

Colonial Williamsburg 301 S. Nassau St., Williamsburg, VA, United States

Join Dr. Kathy Bullock, renowned educator and performer, for an interactive sing-along program exploring songs of slavery and emancipation. Dr. Bullock reveals the deep resilience, faith, and longing for freedom […]

Black Texas Tales

Colonial Williamsburg 301 S. Nassau St., Williamsburg, VA, United States

Hear master storyteller Sheila Arnold share the comedic and poignant stories of Black Texans as their freedom began on June 19, 1865. You may hear about Aunt Dicy, who liked […]

The Long Road to Juneteenth Webinar

As the oldest nationally recognized holiday commemorating emancipation, Juneteenth reflects America’s long and often difficult pursuit of its founding ideals—life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Yet how well do […]

Film Screening: Sweet Messenger

America's Black Holocaust Museum 401 W North Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

America’s Black Holocaust Museum invites you to join us for a special screening of “Sweet Messenger: The True Story of One of Few Known Survivors of a Lynching, Dr. James […]

The Remarkable Story of James Apostle Fields

Kimball Theatre 428 W Duke of Gloucester St, Williamsburg, VA, United States

Introduction by Morgan Avery McCoy Harris and Dr. Danielle Wingfield, Esq. The Remarkable Story of James Apostle Fields is a documentary that chronicles the life of Fields, who was born […]

African Baptist Meeting House Groundbreaking

African Baptist Meeting House and Burial Ground 105 S Nassau St, Williamsburg, VA, United States

Join the Let Freedom Ring Foundation and The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation as we break ground on the African Baptist Meeting House at the site of the original permanent location of […]

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