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Liberation and Freedom Days
March 1 - 8, 2020
​Charlottesville, VA

March 3, 1865 is our community’s “Juneteenth,” when Union troops arrived in Albemarle county and Charlottesville, and 14,000 enslaved residents began to be liberated. A full slate of events have been planned for the week of March 1 through 8.
Sunday, March 1 
  • 3:00-5:00 pm “Racial Justice and Black Feminism": Bree Newsome & Zyahna Bryant and panel, Jefferson School African American Heritage Center 
  • 5:30-6:30 pm Slave Auction Block Vigil: Honoring the Ancestors, Beloved Community Cville, Court Square 

Monday, March 2 
  • 5:00-6:30 pm “Black Liberation in Civil War Charlottesville", Small Special Collections Harrison Auditorium 

Tuesday, March 3 
  • 4:00-5:30 pm “Procession of Freedom" (starts at UVA Chapel, to UVA Freedom Ring Memorial to Enslaved Laborers, down Main Street to Jefferson School) 
  • 5:30-7:00 pm Community Dinner & panel discussion by descendants of local enslaved community, Jefferson School African American Heritage Center 

Wednesday, March 4 
  • 6:00-8:00 pm The Aeolians of Oakwood University concert, First Baptist Church - West Main 

Thursday, March 5 
  • 6:00-7:00 pm Liberation & Freedom Day Collection Opening feat. the AHS Band, Gallery 110, Shops at Stonefield 
  • 7:00-8:30 pm "Hush Harbor: African American Sacred Song" concert, The Haven 

Saturday, March 7 
  • 11:00-12:00 pm “A Place Fit For Women," exhibit gallery talk, Jefferson School African American Heritage Center 
  • 12:00-4:00 pm The Fortune Shop African American Vendors Market, Carver Recreation Center 
  • 2:00-3:15 pm Confederate Monuments Downtown Walking Tour, County Courthouse, Jefferson Street parks 
  • 3:30-5:00 pm Blue Ribbon Commission retrospective panel discussion & update on Virginia General Assembly local control over monuments bill, Central Library, McIntire Room 
  • 5:00-7:00 pm "Winneba Way" street re-naming, Ghanaian Independence Day celebration, 6 1/2 Street SW, Tonsler Park 
  • 7:00-9:00 pm Open Mic: Liberation Edition, Jefferson School African American Heritage Center 

Sunday, March 8 
  • 2:00-4:00 pm African American Inter-Generational Trauma, Dr. Jessica Young-Brown, City Space

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