Virginia African American Forum Executive Committee Liz Montgomery, President Bruce Williams, Vice President Celesta Arrington, Treasurer Sue Diedzic, Secretary Gloria Jackson-Warren, Jamestown 2007 Liaison The Virginia African American Forum is a small grassroots organization formed in 2002 to plan statewide events that would involve African-American citizens, communities, churches, businesses, and organizations across the Commonwealth in America’s 400th Anniversary.The Forum’s commemoration legacy included two events that yielded $14,000 in gifts to the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation for the purchase of an African artifact and provided each of Virginia’s six Historically Black Colleges and Universities with $1,000 scholarships for students majoring in history or museum studies.The Forum is committed beyond 2007 to continuing to showcase through events and programs the significance of the African-American impact on modern American society. www.Americas400thAnniversary.com Co-sponsored by the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation and the Virginia African American Forum. Children’s activities sponsored by the Washington Family of Williamsburg and Lackey, Virginia. Jamestown Settlement Route 31 South & Colonial Parkway Williamsburg, VA 23187 (757) 253-4838, toll-free (888) 593-4682 www.historyisfun.org The Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, a Virginia agency accredited by the American Association of Museums, administers two living-history museums, Jamestown Settlement, which tells the story of America’s first permanent English settlement, and the Yorktown Victory Center, a museum of the American Revolution.
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Virginia African American Forum Executive Committee
Sue Diedzic, SecretaryGloria Jackson-Warren, Jamestown 2007 Liaison
The Virginia African American Forum is a small grassroots organization formed in 2002 to plan statewide eventsthat would involve African-American citizens, communities, churches, businesses, and organizations across the
Commonwealth in America’s 400th Anniversary. The Forum’s commemoration legacy included two events that yielded$14,000 in gifts to the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation for the purchase of an African artifact and provided each
of Virginia’s six Historically Black Colleges and Universities with $1,000 scholarships for students majoring in history or museum studies. The Forum is committed beyond 2007 to continuing to showcase through events and
programs the significance of the African-American impact on modern American society.
www.Americas400thAnniversary.com
Co-sponsored by the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation and the Virginia African American Forum.
Children’s activities sponsored by the Washington Family of Williamsburg and Lackey, Virginia.
Jamestown SettlementRoute 31 South & Colonial Parkway
Williamsburg, VA 23187(757) 253-4838, toll-free (888) 593-4682
www.historyisfun.org
The Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, a Virginia agency accredited by the AmericanAssociation of Museums, administers two living-history museums, Jamestown
Settlement, which tells the story of America’s first permanent English settlement,and the Yorktown Victory Center, a museum of the American Revolution.
African American Heritage Day
African Imprint 2
Schedule of Events 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
All DayGuided tours of Jamestown Settlement’sexpansive exhibition galleries, whichchronicle the nation’s 17th-century beginnings in Virginia in the context of itsPowhatan Indian, English and African cultures. Tours begin at 10 a.m., 11 a.m.,1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
1607: A Nation Takes Root introductory filmis shown in the Robins Foundation Theaterevery 30 minutes from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Guided tours of outdoor re-creations of aPowhatan Indian village, 1607 ships andcolonial fort, and a riverfront discovery areabegin in the gazebo every 30 minutes from9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
African Market Place food and retail vendors. (Mall Area – #6 & #7)
9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.African-themed crafts for children(Mall Area – #3)
9:30 a.m.Storytelling by Dylan Pritchett (Discovery Tower Stage – #2)
9:45 a.m.Canoe-making methods of PowhatanIndians and Africans (Riverfront Discovery Area – #1)
10:00 a.m.Gospel by Soul Direction Community YouthChoir (Mall Stage)(Mall Stage – #4)
10:15 a.m.Agriculture techniques of Powhatan,English and Africans (Riverfront Discovery Area – #1)
10:40 a.m.Storytelling by Onawumi Jean Moss(Discovery Tower Stage – #2)
10:45 a.m.African Arrival: A 1619 role-play scenario(Riverfront Discovery Area – #1)
11:00 a.m.African Dance by Elegba Folklore Society(Mall Stage – #4)
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.Afro-American Historical and GenealogicalSociety of Hampton Roads (Presenters:Selma Stewart and Russell Hopson) AfricanAncestry, Inc. (Presenter: Bryon Harper) DNA Reveal #1 – Dr. Mary Christian,former Virginia Delegate and educator(Education Wing Classrooms A & B – #5)
11:15 a.m.Technology of the Powhatan, English and Africans (Riverfront Discovery Area – #1)
11:45 a.m.Storytelling by Dylan Pritchett (Discovery Tower Stage – #2)
Virginia’s Labor Force (Riverfront Discovery Area – #1)
12:15 p.m.Jazz, rhythm and blues by RaJazz (Mall Stage – #4)
Trade among Powhatan, Englishand Africans (Riverfront Discovery Area – #1)
12:45 p.m.Storytelling by Onawumi Jean Moss(Discovery Tower Stage – #2)
1:10 p.m.A cappella spirituals and folksongs byLegacy of Weyanoke (Mall Stage – #4)
1:15 p.m.Fishing techniques of Powhatan, Englishand Africans (Riverfront Discovery Area – #1)
1:45 p.m.Technology of the Powhatan, English and Africans (Riverfront Discovery Area – #1)
2:00 p.m.Storytelling by Dylan Pritchett (Discovery Tower Stage – #2)
2:15 p.m.Jazz, rhythm and blues by RaJazz (Mall Stage – #4)
2:45 p.m.Trade among Powhatan, English and Africans (Riverfront Discovery Area – #1)
3:00 - 4:15 p.m.Afro-American Historical and GenealogicalSociety of Hampton Roads (Presenters:Selma Stewart and Russell Hopson) AfricanAncestry, Inc. (Presenter: Bryon Harper)DNA Reveal #2 – Don Roberts, WAVY 10News co-anchor (Education Wing Classrooms A & B – #5)
3:15 p.m.Canoe-making methods of PowhatanIndians and Africans (Riverfront Discovery Area – #1)
3:30 p.m.Storytelling by Onawumi Jean Moss(Discovery Tower Stage – #2)
3:45 p.m.Poetry and song by Hermine Pinson accompanied by Harris Simon (Mall Stage – #4)
Virginia’s Labor Force (Riverfront Discovery Area – #1)
4:15 p.m.Agriculture techniques of Powhatan,English and Africans(Riverfront Discovery Area – #1)