Watch Night Service (Commemoration Kick Off) with Faith Community at Good Shepherd Baptist Church, 1127 North 28th Street, Richmond at 10:00 p.m. Event Flyer
Bell Tolling across the Commonwealth at 12:00 noon.
Annual Emancipation Proclamation Day Program with Faith Community at Fifth Baptist Church, 1415 West Cary Street, Richmond at 10:00 a.m.
Memorialization of "identified" graves of formerly enslaved Africans in Virginia, employing the assistance of community organizations and the general public.
Annual Lincoln Birthday Observance at Lincoln Homestead in Rockingham County, at 12:00 noon.
Emancipation Proclamation Concert with Richmond Symphony at Richmond CenterStage, 8:00 p.m. Request tickets and get more information.
History and Hollywood Lincoln Weekend.
More information (pdf)
Public Forum - Sacred Space: Burial Places of the Enslaved and their Descendants from 10am to 12:30pm at the College of William and Mary, William Small Hall, Room 110
Dr. Cassandra Newby-Alexander and Dr. Lynn Rainville will present the stories told through cemeteries of enslaved and free African Americans who forged scared space as an undaunted expression of their humanity. Dr. Grey Gundaker and Dr. Hollis Pruitt will lead a public discussion of slavery and sacred space to mark the Sesquicentennial of the Emancipation Proclamation. Moderated by Dr. Michael Blakey. More information (pdf)
Lincoln Wardrobe Exibit: Exhibit of costumes designed by Academy Award-nominated, Wardrobe Designer Joanna Johnston for the blockbuster film, LINCOLN, at Petersburg's Centre Hill Museum. More information (pdf)
Genealogy Workshop: Lead by Paula Royster President & CEO of The Center for African American Genealogical Research, Inc. 10:30am - 1:30pm at The College of William and Mary, Swem Library, Dulin Learning Center, Room 134.
Following the April 27 lecture and discussion on Sacred Space: Burial Places of the Enslaved and their Descendants, a genealogy workshop will be held at the College of William and Mary on May 4. African American genealogical research into the antebellum period has been a challenge due to absent or destroyed records. However, Paula Royster's expertise in utilizing family stories, archival documents, and cemetery sites will guide participants in building a history of their family lineages. Despite the pervasive rending of enslaved families, African Americans maintained family connections and celebrated their past, present and future generations. The May 4 Genealogy workshop will guide participants in seeking their family's story in celebration of this tradition as we remember Emancipation. More information (pdf)
Unveiling of commemorative plaques of African American Legislators who served in Underwood Convention and General Assembly during Reconstruction, State Capitol at 5:00 p.m. This event is by invitation only.The plaques will be available for public viewing on September 18th.
Download the Commemorative Program and Postcard
What makes a HERO? A community conversation on African and African American resistance to slavery. Event Flyer
Music Exhibit "Revolutions: Songs of Social Change, 1860-65 and 1960-65," Virginia Historical Society, 428 North Boulevard, Richmond.
The E. Claiborne Robins, Jr., Teachers Institute, Teaching American History, will be held on select evenings over the course of the 2013–14 school year. Each program will feature two presentations—one related to an event in 1863 and the other to an event in 1963—along with tours of the exhibition and discussions about teaching led by Richmond and Chesterfield TAH teachers. More information
Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment at the Emancipation Oak Tree, Hampton University.
Commission viewing the film "Lincoln".
Reconstruction Amendments Symposium.
Emancipation Proclamation Day Parade and Reenactment of Lincoln's visit to Richmond and Petersburg (Lincoln in Petersburg, Phase 3).
Public Forum to discuss the upcoming exhibition To Be Sold: Virginia and the American Slave Trade from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Library of Virginia. More information (pdf)
50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 - And now what? The Conundrum of Achieving Racial Equality after the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Event program (pdf)
1619: The Making of America
For more information or to register online, visit www.1619MakingofAmerica.com
Conference poster (pdf)
1619 Spoken Word Invitational (pdf)
2014 Conference Schedule (pdf)
To Be Sold: Virginia and the American Slave Trade. An exhibition presented by the Library of Virginia exploring the state's role in the forced migration of enslaved persons to the Deep South in the first half of the 19th century.
Family Reunion: Descendants of Virginia’s African American Underwood
Convention Delegates and Reconstruction Legislators
Commemorative booklet
(pdf)
50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965: Protecting, Extending,
and Ensuring the Franchise
Commemorative booklet
(pdf)
Library of Virginia Emancipation Proclamation Exhibit.
Emancipation Proclamation and Freedom Movement.
Concluding Event, Period Ball.
Emancipation Proclamation and Freedom Monument Public Hearings, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Hampton University Educational Center, 100 East Queen Street, 2nd Floor, Hampton, VA
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Emancipation Proclamation and Freedom Monument Public Hearings, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Dumas Center for Artistic and Cultural Arts, 108 Henry Street, Roanoke, VA
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Emancipation Proclamation and Freedom Monument Public Hearings, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
George Mason University, Merten Hall, Room 1201, Fairfax Campus, Fairfax, VA
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Emancipation Proclamation and Freedom Monument Public Hearings, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Robert Russa Moton Museum, 900 Griffin Boulevard, Farmville, VA
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Emancipation Proclamation and Freedom Monument Public Hearings, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Library of Virginia Lecture Hall, 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA
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Emancipation and Freedom Monument Public Hearings: Virginians on the Monument Finalists, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Virginia Tech, Perspective Gallery of the Squires Student Center, Room 321, Blacksburg, Virginia
Emancipation and Freedom Monument Public Hearings: Virginians on the Monument Finalists, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Alexandria Black History Museum, Alexandria, Virginia
Emancipation and Freedom Monument Public Hearings: Virginians on the Monument Finalists, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Piedmont Virginia Community College, Main Building, Room 158, Charlottesville, Virginia
Emancipation and Freedom Monument Public Hearings: Virginians on the Monument Finalists, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Norfolk State University, Nursing and General Education Building, Suite 101, Norfolk, Virginia
Emancipation and Freedom Monument Public Hearings: Virginians on the Monument Finalists, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Danville Community College, Wyatt Building, Room 203, Danville, Virginia
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