Black Futures in Virginia Cultural Preservation
The free public event included an opening reception for the two-week pop-up exhibition, Afro-Virginia: People, Place and Power, and a panel discussion with some of the leading young voices in Virginia’s Black cultural preservation movement. This dynamic group of changemakers will imagine “historic justice and equity” and the decolonization of cultural heritage preservation in Virginia.
Panelists include:
Jobie Hill, Saving Slave Houses
Chardé Reid, William & Mary and Historic Jamestowne
Hannah Scruggs, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
Justin Reid (moderator), Virginia Humanities. 2/17/2020. Peter Hedlund/Virginia Humanities
Black Futures in Virginia Cultural Preservation
The free public event included an opening reception for the two-week pop-up exhibition, Afro-Virginia: People, Place and Power, and a panel discussion with some of the leading young voices in Virginia’s Black cultural preservation movement. This dynamic group of changemakers will imagine “historic justice and equity” and the decolonization of cultural heritage preservation in Virginia.
Panelists include:
Jobie Hill, Saving Slave Houses
Chardé Reid, William & Mary and Historic Jamestowne
Hannah Scruggs, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
Justin Reid (moderator), Virginia Humanities. 2/17/2020. Peter Hedlund/Virginia Humanities