Rooted in Justice: Racial Justice in Prince George's County Virtual Program

4519 Rhode Island Ave,North Brentwood MD 20722

05 December, 2021

Description

In honor of National Family History Month. The Prince George’s County Lynching Memorial Project will partner with the Prince George's. On October 28th, Gabriel Greaves of the Prince George's African American Museum and Cultural Center (PGAAMCC) will moderate a free webinar on September 23rd that is available to PGCPS High School teachers and students. This webinar will be the second in a series of free webinars that will extend from September to November. In honor of National Family History Month. The Prince George’s County Lynching Memorial Project (PGC LMP) will partner with the Prince George’s African American Museum and Cultural Center to host a webinar with Sheri Mehta of Freedom Fighters, Freedom Writers. This webinar will be a 1-hour interactive workshop where participants have a chance to work in small groups to read, analyze, and discuss the lives and letters of Black soldiers who fought during the Civil War while learning more about the formation of the United States Colored Troops and how Black men were able to participate in the war as soldiers and lead the Union to an ultimate victory. Her research focus is on letters from African American soldiers who served in the Civil War. This research delves into the nascent black nationalist identity that catalyzed black enlistment in the USCT. She most recently transcribed twenty-one letters written by Pvt. Alonzo Reed, a soldier in the 102nd USCT. Her transcription work is housed alongside Pvt. Reed’s handwritten letters at Duke University’s David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Manuscript Library. As the third great granddaughter of Pvt. Jefferson Michie, who escaped enslavement from a Louisa, Virginia plantation in 1863 to join the 29th Illinois Colored Infantry, she is interested in the merging of genealogical and archival information to more deeply understand the lives of black Civil War servicemen before and after the war. She has published several articles and encyclopedia entries; has presented at various local, state, and national conferences; and has presented at local museums, research centers, and universities. The Prince George’s African American Museum and Cultural Center (PGAAMCC) is on a mission to celebrate and inspire the community through the cultivation, preservation, and presentation of the cultural and artistic contributions of African Americans in Prince George’s County, Maryland and beyond. ‘We Are a Home for Black Excellence!’