African Burial Ground National Monument

Black Wall Street Survivor Viola Ford Fletcher Tribute: NYC Buildings Illuminate in Remembrance of International Day of the Slave and Buried Stories

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Wednesday, August 23, 2023
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The chosen illuminating color, yellow, serves as a tribute to Ms. Viola Ford Fletcher, the world's oldest living author and the venerable survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre.

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  • The chosen illuminating color, yellow, serves as a tribute to Ms. Viola Ford Fletcher, the world's oldest living author and the venerable survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre.
  • Yellow holds a special place in Ms. Fletcher's heart as her favorite color, symbolizing optimism, resilience, and hope.
  • As part of her commemoration of this significant day, Ms. Fletcher's itinerary in New York City holds poignant engagements.
  • Subsequently, at noon, Ms. Fletcher will be hosted by the United Nations, where observance will take place at the Ark Monument.

Thomas Jefferson's Monticello to Commemorate Juneteenth with "Ascendant: The Power of Descendant Communities to Shape Our Stories, Places, and Future"

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Tuesday, June 14, 2022
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday, June 18, 2022, Thomas Jefferson's Monticello will host Ascendant: The Power of Descendant Communities to Shape Our Stories, Places, and Future.  This is a public program in recognition of Juneteenth that specifically aims to uplift descendant voices that have often been marginalized, or left out completely. The event will be a thoughtful space for descendants of Monticello's enslaved families, thought leaders, writers, artists, and historians to discuss the importance of descendant voices in the telling of American history.

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  • CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday, June 18, 2022, Thomas Jefferson's Monticello will host Ascendant: The Power of Descendant Communities to Shape Our Stories, Places, and Future.
  • This is a public program in recognition of Juneteenth that specifically aims to uplift descendant voices that have often been marginalized, or left out completely.
  • Ascendantwill honor and host Monticello's Getting Word community for the private rededication of the Burial Ground for Enslaved People.
  • The Getting Word African American Oral History Project, begun in 1993, has sought out descendants of the enslaved community at Monticello.

Author turned activist launches a petition to remove a Confederate and slave owner names from an African burial ground in Savannah, Georgia

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Tuesday, January 12, 2021
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"While taking a walking ghost tour of Savannah, the tour guide mentioned a rumor about a haunted African burial ground.

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  • "While taking a walking ghost tour of Savannah, the tour guide mentioned a rumor about a haunted African burial ground.
  • That sparked my interest to find out if the existence of the burial ground was fact or fiction," said Lyons.
  • In 2020, Lyons extensive historical research and relentless detective work unearthed the present-day location of the burial ground.
  • "Naming an African burial ground in honor of Whitefield and Calhoun, is like naming a Jewish cemetery in honor of Hitler.