Pittman orchestrates ceremony to honor the 1619 African Landing and serves as a Panelist with esteemed guest Nikole Hannah Jones at Fort Monroe National Monument

27 years ago, I began my life’s work at the African Burial Ground National Monument giving voice to the Africans enslaved in colonial New York who were buried under Wall Street from the 1700’s. 11 years of The Sankofa ProjectsRemembrance at Buckroe Beach honoring the millions of Africans who were murdered on the Middle Passage and jumped or were thrown into the Atlantic Ocean during the Transatlantic “Slave” Trade. Each moment has led up to this one... Grateful... Sacred grounds... Truth telling... Honoring Ancestors of the Middle Passage, the 20 and of Africans of 1619, the Veterans, all the named snd unnamed souls who have lost their lives due to racialized terror in this country and abroad with Nikole Hannah-Jones at the Fort Monroe National Monument Thank you Eola Dee and Phyllis Terrell for another wonderful collaboration between the Fort Monroe Authority, the National Park Service, Hampton University, the Smithsonian and The Sankofa Projects. Asante Sana to Mama Anita Harrell, Orimolade Ogunjimi, William Delidji Oludahunsi Bowser, Dmitri Clawson, Bonney Barnes, Kam Kelly, Stephanie Brown-Valderrama, Paco, Anpu Sil... for your beautiful energy and sharing your talents.