SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
(Note: Schedule as of January 16, 2009.)
Celebrate Music and Dance
Celebrate History
Celebrate Literature and the Spoken Word
Celebrate Craft and Art Traditions
Celebrate Heritage
Celebrate Food
Celebrate Music and Dance
Auditorium Stage, Lobby Level
Emcee: Ken Grady, WNCU jazz host
Noon–12:40 p.m.
Jonkonnu Procession, Tryon Palace Historic Sites and Gardens
1:00–1:40 p.m.
Cyru Art Production, modern dance
2:00–2:40 p.m.
Ron Baxter, jazz
3:00–3:40 p.m.
Mangum and Company, trombone shout band
Staircase Stage, Lobby Level
Emcee: Darrell Stover, artist and musician
11:15–11:45 a.m.
Jaki Shelton Green, Piedmont poet laureate
12:30–1:10 p.m.
The Gospel Jubilators, a cappella gospel group
1:30–2:15 p.m.
Boo Hanks, blues
2:30–3:15 p.m.
The Stephen Wallace Trio, inspirational jazz
3:30–4:00 p.m.
Morton Brooks and Darrell Stover, music and spoken word
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Celebrate History
Purple Room, Lobby Level
Host: Earl Ijames, Curator, N.C. Museum of History
11:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
The Digitization of North Carolina’s U.S. Colored Troops Project
Rhonda Jones, Assistant Professor of History, N.C. Central University
Earl Ijames, Curator of African American History, N.C. Museum of History
12:30–1:00 p.m.
Sugar of the Crop: My Journey to Find the Children of Slaves
Sana Butler, Author
1:15–1:45 p.m.
1960: A New Play about Raleigh’s Participation in the Civil Rights Movement
Jerome Davis, Founding Artistic Director, Burning Coal Theatre Company
Ian Finley, Education Director, Burning Coal Theatre Company
2:00–2:30 p.m.
Save the Slaves Project
Darren Waters
2:45–3:15 p.m.
The Autobiography of Dr. Milton Douglas Quigless
Carol Quigless, Quigless Natural Health Center
3:30–4:00 p.m.
A Legend on the Track: “Red Eye” Williams
Charles Williams, Master Harness Horseman
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Celebrate Literature and the Spoken Word
Demonstration Gallery
Host: Eleanora Tate, Children’s Book Author
11:30 a.m.–noon
Akbar Imhotep, storyteller and puppeteer
12:15–12:45 p.m.
Cornelia McDonald, author of I Wanna Tell My Story
1:15–1:45 p.m.
Miles and William Rabun, authors of My Grandma’s Backyard
2:15–2:45 p.m.
Dr. Bruce Bridges, author of Recapturing the African Mind
1920s Drugstore, Third Floor
1:15–1:30 p.m., 2:00–2:15 p.m.
Holmes Morrison
The character Dr. Kirkpatrick reflects on his grandmother’s struggles with segregation as a domestic worker known for her “doctoring.”
Exhibits
Third Floor
Bearing Witness: Civil Rights Photographs of Alexander Rivera
A collection of photographs by the late Alexander M. Rivera Jr. spanning 30 years (1935–1965), from his first job, with the Afro-American Tribune in Washington, D.C., to his longtime position as director of public relations at N.C. Central University.
Triangle African American Artists Association
A collection of works by Triangle-area artists.
2:30–3:00 p.m.
Dr. Eric M. Rivera discusses the life and work of his father, Alexander Rivera.
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Celebrate Craft and Art Traditions
11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Demonstrations
Neal Thomas, basketmaker
Jerome Bias, furniture maker
Frank Barrow, carver
Kisha Rawlinson, sweetgrass basketmaker
Marilyn Griffin, doll maker
Major McNair, painter
Activities
African American Quilt Circle: Join the quilting bee.
Portrait Sittings: Have your portrait done by artist Greg Paige.
Scavenger Hunt: Register to win a prize.
Wheel of History: Test your knowledge of African American history.
Puppet Making: Join storyteller Akbar Imhotep to create your own puppet.
African Games: Learn to play mancala and achi.
Tobacco Tying: Learn about sharecropping history. Try your hand at tying tobacco with staff from Duke Homestead State Historic Site.
Acrostics: Find out about poet George Moses Horton with staff from Historic Halifax State Historic Site. Write your own acrostic poem to take home.
Cowrie Necklaces: Learn about Stagville State Historic Site. Make a necklace from cowrie shells.
Record your story with N.C. Gives.
Create a Stamp Collage with staff from Gresham Coins, Stamps and Medals.
Try a Dancing Doll with the grandson of master craftsman George SerVance.
Write with a Quill Pen with staff from the North Carolina State Capitol.
Art with Mama Candace: Create one-of-a-kind pieces of art inspired by North Carolina artists.
Cornrows, Character, and Coloring: Learn about the Latta House Foundation while working on one of three different art projects.
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Celebrate Heritage
Third Floor and Lobby Level
11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum
Cultural Enrichment Services
W. E. B. DuBois Community Development Corporation
Historic Edenton
Latta House Foundation
Montford Point Marines Museum
Rosenwald Schools Project
Somerset Place State Historic Site
Tryon Palace Historic Sites and Gardens
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Celebrate Food
Bicentennial Plaza
11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Malik’s Concessions: fried fish, grilled chicken, hot dogs, hamburgers, nachos
Ms. Lynns Concessions: wings, fish, hot dogs, hamburgers, funnel cakes
Bullock's Barbecue: BBQ sandwiches, BBQ plate with sides, hush puppies
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