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The 13th Annual Lemon Project Spring Symposium

At the Root: Exploring Black Life, History, and Culture
March 24-25, 2023

This event will take place both in person at the School of Education (301 Monticello Avenue, Williamsburg, VA) and virtually over Zoom. Registration is free, and breakfast and lunch are provided for in-person attendees. All are welcome to attend.

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Friday, March 24, 2023

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Check-In 

Concourse

8:50 a.m. - 8:55 a.m.

Welcome by Robert Francis Engs Lemon Project Director Jody Allen

Matoaka Woods

8:55 a.m.- 9:00 a.m.

Remarks by Provost Peggy Agouris

Matoaka Woods

9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Keynote by Judge John Charles Thomas HON '18

Matoaka Woods

 

Concurrent panels

 

10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

"We've Come This Far by Faith:" A Panel Discussion on Black Church History in Virginia's Historic Triangle

Matoaka Woods
10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. 

Hampton Plantation, the Lynching of Howard Cooper, and the Freedom Trail: Centering Community and Creating Connections

Dogwood
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Lunch

12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.

Robert F. Smith Explore Your Family History Center Community Curation Presentation

Matoaka Woods

3 concurrent panels

1:30 p.m. - 2:45 pm

Tangled Roots: Braxton Descendants Research Their Past and Discover Intersecting Black and White Family Threads

Matoaka Woods
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 pm

A Game Plan to Set the Record Straight on Black History in America

Dogwood
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 pm

African American Churches, Cemeteries, and the Documentary Records of Black Virginians

Holly

3 concurrent panels

3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.

Where Do We Go From Here?: A generational discussion of The Reservation Experience

Matoaka Woods
3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.

Making A Living: Memory of Slavery, Community, and Businesses

Dogwood
3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Past Reflection, Forward Progress: Douglass School, Kokomo, Indiana Holly
4:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Break
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Elegba Folklore Society presents The Talking Drum

Matoaka Woods
Saturday, March 25, 2023

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Check-In

Concourse

8:50 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Welcome

Matoaka Woods

 

3 Concurrent Panels

 

9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Illuminating the Black Communities Displaced by Colonial Williamsburg: The Case of Nicholson Street

 Matoaka Woods

9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Celebrating Simms, Oral Histories, and Community Storytelling: Toward a Collaborative Practice for Polyvocal Black Historical Recovery

Dogwood
9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Listening to the Elders: Family History, Local History, and Personal History

Holly

3 Concurrent Panels

10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

“Neat in their Cloaths”: Utilizing Material Culture to Expand Black Women’s Narratives

Matoaka Woods
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Maryland and the World: A Roundtable Discussion about Truth and Reconciliation

Dogwood
10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Navigating Black Culture Today: Disability, Safe Spaces, Publication Education, and Preservation

Holly
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Lunch

Matoaka Woods 

3 Concurrent Panels

12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.

Mending the Fork in the Road at the Forks of Cypress

Matoaka Woods
12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.

Feeding Minds and Souls in Wake Forest, North Carolina

Dogwood
12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.

Honoring Authenticity: An Exploration of Undergraduate Student Research of Campus Iconography

Holly

3 Concurrent Panels

2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Life in the Reservation Community: Community-University Partnerships for Public Research

Matoaka Woods 
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Historic Preservation, Property Rights, and Landscapes

Dogwood
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

The Power of Language: Clinical Perspectives of Systemic Narratives

Holly
3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Closing Remarks 

Matoaka Woods
4:00 p.m.

 Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved Tour & Discussion

If you're interested in visiting Hearth, please join us at 4:00 p.m. on site for a tour and discussion.

 

 

115 Jamestown Road, Williamsburg, VA 23185

(Parking is available behind the Admissions Building, off of Grigsby Drive.)