This Week's Pod Cast
Welcome back to the African Roots Podcast! You can reach me at AfricanRootSpodcast.gmail.com
PAAC Conference Ft. Smith Arkansas Ft Smith Arkansas
http://paacarcemeteries.com/
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May 26, Ft Smith
Dedicadtion of the First Statue honoring an African American US Deputy Marshal. I shall be posting on my blog about the dedication next week.
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JUNE
June 2, 2012
AAGG Conference in Philadelphia
Saturday, June 2nd, 2012
8:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Researching African American Genealogy
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
3913 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A Conference presented by the African American Genealogy Group and Hosted by the Family History Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Noted genealogists and specialists will present timely topics including 1940 census, DNA testing, storytelling, Native American ancestors, preserving family heirlooms, tracing slave owners, historic timelines and online resources. http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3389934385
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Saturday, June 16, 2012
Time: 9:30 – 10:30 am
Location: Washington DC Family History Center
10000 Stoneybrook Drive
Kensington, MD 20895
Description
Learn how you can take an active role in preserving the history of the communities where your ancestors lived. The class is taught by Marion Woodfork Simmons, a family and community historian who self-published the book Memories of Union High: An Oasis in Caroline County,Virginia 1903-1969. She will use her experience to provide tools, tips and resources to empower ordinary people to research, document and preserve local history.
What You Will Learn:
1. How to select a topic.
2. Resources and repositories to use when performing research.
3. How to analyze and verify information.
4. Various methods for documenting local history.
5. Where to donate historically significant items.
The class is FREE but you must register.
For further information and registration, please email info@wdcfhc.org or call 301-587-0042.
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Jun 10-15th Birmingham, Alabama
Samford Institute for Genealogical and Historical Research
This year the African American Track meets.
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National Conference celebrating the Rosenwald Schools will take place in June 14-16
Washington (May 1, 2012) — The first-ever National Rosenwald Schools Conference, entitled “100 Years of Pride, Progress and Preservation,” will take place from June 14-16 at Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama. Presented by the National Trust for Historic Preservation with partners in Ala., the conference
will celebrate the legacy of Rosenwald Schools, engage our partners to save 100 Rosenwald Schools and empower activists to preserve hundreds more. Acclaimed author Nikki Giovanni will provide the conference closing keynote.
“For the past 10 years, the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Rosenwald Schools Initiative has been helping local organizations save Rosenwald Schools and preserve their rich legacies,” said John Hildreth, vice president, Eastern Field Services for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. “This conference provides an opportunity for Rosenwald School alumni and preservationists to share their rich and varied stories, network with each other, and learn more through educational workshops, documentary films, tours and poster presentations to preserve this important part of our nation’s story.
Rosenwald provided more than $4.3 million in seed money to build schools in 15 states for black children. African-Americans themselves, many who were already struggling financially, raised over $4.7 million to build more than 5,300 state-of-the-art school buildings and teachers’ homes across the South. To register, or for more information about the National Rosenwald Schools Conference, please visit http://www.rosenwaldschools.com or call (202)588-6407.
Well as I close I urge you all to keep researching, keep documenting and keep sharing what you find!
This Week's Pod Cast
Welcome back to the African Roots Podcast. You can reach me at AfricanRootsPodcast@gmail.com
May
Ft. Smith Arkansas May 18-19
“Memorial In May” Annual PAAC Conference (Preservation of African American Cemeteries) On May 18 – 19, 2012, PAAC will sponor its 6th annual Memorial in May Cemetery Preservation Conference. The conference will be hosted by The Lincoln Echo newspaper, Rowell – Parish mortuary, and the City of Fort Smith, Arkansas. The conference will be held at the Creekmore Community Center, located at Rogers Avenue and South 31st Street, Fort Smith, AR. Mayor Sandy Sanders, and the Historical Society of Fort Smith will be on hand to make this conference informative and exciting. For more information click link above.
Bass Reeves Legacy Initiative- The Dedication of the Statue to Bass Reeves
Next week, in western Arkansas, history will be made. The most dynamic and well known US Deputy Marshall and who happens to be a man of color will be honored when a statue dedicated to his honor will be unveiled. This is significant for Arkansas, for African American Western Frontier history and for American history.
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The SAGE Project, Orlando FL Exhibition Opens Today!
A group of African-American men and women, ranging between the ages of 85 and 106, will share their experiences as lifelong residents of one of the nation’s oldest African-American townships in a unique historical exhibition that opens today. There are 16 elders who will be featured as part of “The Sage Project: Hannibal Square Elders Tell Their Stories,” an event designed to mark the 125th anniversary of the incorporation of the city of Winter Park, which included the Hannibal Square neighborhood. There is an exhibition that is part of the project that will be hosted from May 11 through Saturday, Sept. 1, in partnership with the Winter Park Historical Association. An opening reception, in which the elders will be honored, is scheduled from 6 to 9 p.m., Friday, May 11 at the center. That reception will open with a performance by the Center for Contemporary Dance at the Ruby Ball stage
An article about the Project was featured in the Orlando Sentinel. More information can also be found at the website for Hannibal Square Heritage.
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Bernice Bennet’s Show
I hope you tuned into Bernice Bennett’s show last night. Her guest was Anne Bradshaw, author of True Miracles in Genealogy. Her show airs every Thursday evening at 9 pm EST on Blog Talk Radio. Also note that Ms. Bennet will be speaking next week in Louisiana at the Livingston Parish Library sharing her history on her Livingston Parish ancestors.
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University of Nebraska Lincoln (UNL) has announced a special digitization project. The professors are archiving the 19th-century petitions that, as a result of legislation enacted 150 years ago Monday, allowed slave owners in Washington, D.C., to receive government compensation for freeing their slaves.
The team has transcribed and put 200 petitions on a UNL website exploring the Civil War’s impact on the nation’s capital. They hope to have the other 800 or so on the site by next summer. More information can be found here.
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June
June 2, 2012, Philadelphia
The African American Genealogy Group will host an all day workshop at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. For more info about this event and others click this link.
Well, thank you for taking time to listen. Next week I will be coming to you from western Arkansas, from the site of the PAAC conference, and the following week I shall be coming to you from the dedication site of the new Bass Reeves statue!
Have a great week everyone and remember to keep researching, keep documenting and keep sharing what you find!
