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
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.