“UNBURIED: Resurrecting Memory , Confronting Morality and Remembering the Africans & the Massacre on the Middle Passage”
By Chadra Pittman , Founder & Executive Director of The Sankofa Projects
Lecture 7 pm
Doors open to view the galleries 6 pm
Museum members free , non - members $5
Join the Sankofa Projects , and partners the Hampton History Museum , Fort Monroe Authority , and Fort Monroe National Park for Remembrance 2022 on Saturday , June 11 at Outlook Beach on Fort Monroe .
For nearly three decades , the foundation of Chadra Pittman’s sacred and scholarly work has been rooted in exploring the grave injustices inflicted against humanity. She resurrects memory, honors Ancestors, and gives voice to the lives and untold stories of the marginalized and Africans across the Diaspora.
As part of the Remembrance 2022 events, Pittman's lecture will address the history, meaning and significance of Remembrance Day, an international commemoration honoring those who perished in the Middle Passage, this year taking place on June 11 at Fort Monroe. In her talk Chadra takes you on a journey beginning with Africans forcibly brought across the Atlantic to contemporary issues shaped by this tragic past.
Pittman will reach back to a time before slavery took hold, and discuss current issues around race, body autonomy and the “aftermath of slavery.” She will resurrect memory through enslavement archives, confront the morality which allowed for slavery to exist, and travel from the the castles at Fort El Mina to the Contraband of Fort Monroe, from the NY African Burial Ground to Black Wall Street, to Bay Shore to the treacherous journey of the Middle Passage.
Lecture at 7 pm. Doors open at 6 pm to tour the galleries and view the special exhibit "Historic Black Beaches: Bay Shore and Other Memorable Sands."
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Admission is free for museum members, $5 for non-members. Not yet a member? Join today and save! www.hamptonhistorymuseum.org/membership.
The Hampton History Museum is located at 120 Old Hampton Lane in Downtown Hampton. There is free parking in the garage across the street from the museum. For more information call 757-727-1102.
The talk is presented in partnership with the Fort Monroe Authority, Fort Monroe National Monument, and the Casemate Museum. We are grateful for their support.
Image Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library
