Archive for October 2012

Pioneering efforts continue at Sweet Briar College

10:52:00 PM

We are so very fortunate to have you on the front lines pioneering the cause to share the history of our ancestors at these sites, Joe. We wish you continued blessings and health

In Bacon's Castle

From Whence We Come

By >Robin R. Foster

9:45:00 PM

Thank you so much, Toni, for sharing your insights with us. We appreciate you for all the great photos you uploaded on Facebook to help us share the experience. We know the ancestors

In Bacon's Castle

Sleeping Overnight at the Bacon’s Castle Slave Quarters

By >Robin R. Foster

9:28:00 PM

We appreciate Prinny Anderson's account of her stay at Bacon's Castle as well as her sharing the history of Bacon's Castle as well as her account of how representatives of Preservation Virginia, Coming

In Bacon's Castle

Reflections from the slave dwelling

By >Robin R. Foster

12:40:00 PM

We appreciate the experience that Joesph W. Jenkins, current president of the Surry County African American Heritage Society, shares from Bacon's Castle. Thank you for lending your voice to the call for unison!

In Bacon Castle

McGill engages with youth and community at Bacon's Castle

By >Robin R. Foster

12:26:00 PM

What a great experience it was must have been for Joe go the extra mile and dress in his Civil War uniform for the children in the Surry County School system who attended

Freedom Maverick Awards

The awards below were inspired by a photograph that I took at The State House in downtown Columbia, South Carolina. There is so much said about the Confederate flag that hangs there, but I never have seen much about the African American Monument that depicts the history of African Americans. Taking down a flag alone does not change a people's vision. Those we acknowledge as being a Freedom Maverick (a word coined by Angela Y.Walton-Raji in podcast #91) will help us have the right perspective.