REGISTRATION IS OPEN TO ALL YOUTH IN ALBEMARLE, CHARLOTTESVILLE, AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES! JOIN US
The May Branch meeting is scheduled for Monday, May 13 at 7 pm and will be held in the Media Center of Jackson P. Burley – 901 Rose Hill Drive. Ms. Zyahna Bryant – Chair of the Black Student Union at Charlottesville High School, and the 2019 recipient of the Katie Couric Scholarship will be our speaker. Please join us!.
Region 7 Civil Rights Advocacy and Training Institute (CRATI)
on Friday and Saturday March 22-23, 2019
Annapolis, Maryland
Below is the link to make hotel reservations and the link to register for the 2019 Region 7 Civil Rights Advocacy and Training Institute CRATI. Please note that there will be no onsite registration. https://doubletree.hilton.com/en/dt/groups/personalized/A/ANPDTDT-XNR-20190321/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG
PHOTOS FROM FOUNDERS DAY
THANK YOU ALL FOR A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM!
A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO PAMELA JACKSON AND OUR YOUTH: INDIA MARTIN, TY MARTIN, KAMIRA MARTIN, SIMYA MARTIN, TERRENCE BLEDSOE, AND NATALYAH RUSH
Professor John E. Mason – University of VA.
“LOCAL AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, INCLUDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND UVA”
Bring in old family photos from the 1880s to the 1950s for a free appraisal.
Learn how to preserve your photos (free archival materials provided).
Contribute your family stories to local history
Have a Holsinger style family portrait taken
View 500+ portraits of local African-Americans and learn more about Charlottesville area’s past through the photographs of the R.W. Holsinger/University Studio collection
The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center is located on the Second floor of the Jefferson School City Center. Its main entrance is on Commerce St, one-block north of West Main Street. It can also be entered from the City Center’s 4th Street entrance. Over 200 free parking spaces on 4th Street.
