ALL THINGS JUNETEENTH PODCAST LECTURE SERIES
JUNETEENTH HISTORY 101
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Presented in partnership with:
National Juneteenth Observance Foundation
Khafre, Inc.,
Local Organizing Committee, MS,
SRF Photography!, and
the History and Philosophy Department, Jackson State University …
Moderators: Dr. C. Sade Turnipseed & Bro. Kareem Muhammed
Series Calendar
PHASE I—The African Americans—How we got here
DEC 2020 Helen Sims: America and How We Got Here
DEC 2020 Dr. C. S. Turnipseed: The Cotton Kingdom of America Monument JAN 2021 Brother Kareem Muhammed: Lerone Bennett _______
JAN 17 Coffee Wright: “Juneteenth National Anthem—Poetic Recital”
JAN 23 MS OPAL: The Movement to make Juneteenth a National Holiday
JANUARY 31 Steve Williams: The History of African American / Black History Month
FEB 7 Carl Adams: NANCE – Trials of the 1st Slave Freed by Abraham Lincoln
FEBRUARY 14 Dr. Al Gourrier: “A Love Supreme: Our Youth, Our Truth and Our Love”
FEB 21 Dr. Charles Taylor: Juneteenth: A Celebration of Freedom
FEBRUARY 28 Bro Mwanga: “Why We Shall Study Our History”
MAR 7 John Mosley: The Gospel of Hope-the Saving Grace of the Emancipated People of America
March 14 NITA Thompson: Emotional Emancipation Circles, Facilitator
MAR 21 Dr. Frank Smith: AA Civil war museum D.C.
MAR 28 Brenda Lloyd: Underground Railroad: Sankofa Tales! “Did the quest for freedom begin with the Underground Railroad?” It began with the Amistad and ends with Harriet’s first run
APR 4 Sam Collins: Galveston, Texas and the Juneteenth Story
APR 11 Dr. Ras Wayne Rose: Deconstructing the Origin and Myth of Black Criminality; Institutional Complicities in Black Trauma, and Asserting Black Agency over Black Lives and Black Communities
APRIL 18 Adam Lynn: Honey Springs Museum
APR 25 TBA
MAY 2 Steve Williams: NJOF- Tribute to Dr. Ronald Myers, founder of NJOF. While working with the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee 2002 -2006, Williams attended a Juneteenth Breakfast at the Washington Press Club where he met NJOF founder and chairman, Rev. Ronald V. Myers, Sr. M.D., and became actively involved in the Juneteenth mission and holiday campaign for nearly 20 years in the Virginia / D.C. area…the rest is history!
MAY 9 MOTHER’S DAY TBA MAY 16 Stephanie Bush-Taylor: TBD
MAY 30 TBA
JUNE 6 Beverly Lloyd: “The Negro National Anthem-a Blues Song”
JUNE 13 Dr. Detrice Roberts: “A People Unknown: Exploring the Hidden Truths & Cultural Silences that Exist Amongst African Americans, and How A Culture of Dissemblance was Formed”
JUNE 19TH (SATURDAY) JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS
JUNE 20 FATHER’S DAY—JUNETEENTH TBA
JUNE 27 TBA
JULY 4 Sheri Bailey: “Contraband Escape”—The Fight for Emancipation
JULY 11 TBA
JULY 18 Michael Theard – The Magnificent History of the Buffalo Soldiers
JULY 25 TBA
AUG 1 Dr. Dorscine Littles: “Back to Africa Movement” – The Protracted Struggle for Self-Determination
AUG 8 TBA
AUG 15 Calvin Pearson—African Landing 1619 PROJECT
AUG 22 TBA
AUG 29 TBA
SEPT 5 TBA
SEPT 12 Deborah Evans: “Las Vegas, Juneteenth and the Mississippi of the West”
SEPT 19 TBA