Repeats every day until Sun Mar 08 2020.
Sunday, March 1, 2020 (All day)Various Locations
Joy Elmore
Schedule of Events
Sunday, March 1
- 3:00-5:00pm “Racial Justice and Black Feminism”: Bree Newsome & Zyahna Bryant and panel, Jefferson School African American Heritage Center
- 5:30-6:30pm Slave Auction Block Vigil: Honoring the Ancestors, Beloved Community Cville, Court Square
Monday, March 2, 5:00-6:30 pm
- “Black Liberation in Civil War Charlottesville”, UVA Nau Center for Civil War History, Small Special Collections Harrison Auditorium
Tuesday, March 3
- 4:00-5:30 pm: “Procession of Freedom” (starts at UVA Chapel, to UVA Freedom Ring Memorial to Enslaved Laborers, down Main Street to Jefferson School)
- 5:30-7:00 pm: Community Dinner & panel discussion by descendants of local enslaved community, Jefferson School African American Heritage Center
Wednesday, March 4, 6:00-8:00 pm
- The Aeolians of Oakwood University concert, 1st Baptist Church
Thursday, March 5
- 6:00-7:00pm Liberation & Freedom Day Collection Opening feat. the AHS Band, Gallery 110, Shops at Stonefield
- 7:00-8:30pm “Hush Harbor: African-American Sacred Song” concert, The Haven
Saturday, March 7
- 11:00 am, “A Place Fit For Women,” exhibit gallery talk, Jefferson School African American Heritage Center
- 12:00-4:00 pm, The Fortune Shop African American Vendors Market, Carver Recreation Center
- 2:00-3:15 pm, Confederate Monuments Downtown Walking Tour, County Courthouse, Jefferson Street parks
- 3:30-5:00 pm, Blue Ribbon Commission retrospective panel discussion & update on Virginia General Assembly local control over monuments bill, Central Library, McIntire Room
- 5:00-7:00 pm, “Winneba Way” street re-naming, Ghanaian Independence Day celebration, 6 1/2 Street SW, Tonsler Park
- 7:00-9:00 pm, Open Mic: Liberation Edition, Jefferson School African American Heritage Center
Sunday, March 8, 2:00-4:00 pm
- African-American Inter-Generational Trauma, Dr. Jessica Young-Brown, City Space