The film screening of "A Crime on the Bayou" begins at 4:30 p.m. and will be followed by a live virtual conversation with Nancy Buirski (director) and Gary Duncan (film protagonist), and Lolis Eric Elie (Author, Filmmaker, Film Subject). Register here: https://events.wm.edu/event/view/lemonproject/130053 Williamsburg Regional Library is proud to collaborate with The Lemon Project at the...

Finding the descendants of enslaved laborers can be challenging due to omissions in the archives of African Americans pre-and post-Civil War. This panel of genealogists and social historians (Dr. Jajuan Johnson, Dr. Shelley V. Murphy, and Renate Yarborough Sanders) will share about the work they are doing to document enslaved Ancestors connected to three universities,...

The African American Cemetery Education Tampa Bay project was created in response to the rediscovery of 10 erased African American cemeteries in the Tampa region. The project aims to 1) curate descendent oral histories associated with erased African American cemeteries, 2) elevate community oral histories as primary sources through co-created K-12 curricular resources, 3) preserve...

From the halls of academia to public history festivals, this Porch Talk will provide a unique perspective of preserving and celebrating the cultural heritage of the Gullah Geechee inhabitants of the Carolina Lowcountry and Georgia’s Coastal Empire. While not all members of the panel identify as Gullah Geechee, each of the panelists has their own...