The African American Heritage Society of New Kent County, Virginia

08/28/2026

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FIREHOUSE MAINSTAGE Two Black American women are having parallel experiences of institutional racism, though they live over a century apart…

08/11/2026

07/16/2026

Keep fighting!

A 94-year-old Stafford County woman is fighting to stop a proposed data center from disturbing a cemetery dating back to the 1700s, where her ancestors —including enslaved people — are buried: https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/data/potomac-creek-development-data-center-stafford-county-cemetary/65-d67e601e-4a69-4294-a780-b98ca20a08f6?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_WUSA_9

07/15/2026

This is America (U.S.)

The Harriet Tubman Museum and Educational Center on Maryland’s Eastern Shore recently celebrated its grand reopening in June.

07/07/2026

The Museum of Black Women Innovators in Portsmouth seeks to highlight the overlooked contributions of 250 Black women whose inventions and ideas transformed history.

The project received a $1 million allocation from Virginia lawmakers in the newly finalized state budget, a surprise funding boost that will allow local students to visit the exhibits for free.

A board of Black women is currently selecting the historical and living figures across 14 categories, and their stories will be brought to life inside the museum through commissioned artwork.

Read more here: https://tinyurl.com/2jt4epbv

07/02/2026

Preserving history!

St. Mary Basilica has stood in downtown Norfolk for more than two c...

05/17/2026

Thank you to the NAACP New Kent for recognizing our very own, Camilla Lewis-Tramuel with the Appreciation Award for working diligently over the years preserving African American History!!

05/11/2026

Save the Date!
Sankofa’s 15th Annual International Day of Remembrance Ceremony
Outlook Beach, Fort Monroe
Saturday, June 13, 2026, starting at 11 am
Free and open to the public
The Sankofa Projects hosts their 15th Annual International Day of Remembrance at Outlook Beach at the Fort Monroe National Monument.

Remembrance is a spiritual ceremony honoring the millions of African men, women, and children who perished during the Middle Passage of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, which is referred to as “the largest forced migration in history and undeniably one of the most inhumane,” according to the United Nations.

Following in the tradition initiated by activist and scholar Toni Cade Bambara in 1989, Chadra Pittman, Founder & Executive Director of The Sankofa Projects, brought Remembrance to Hampton in 2012, to give voice to this untold chapter in the annals of slavery.

The day’s events will include an annual Ceremonial Remembrance Walk around the Tree of Remembrance, a procession to the water, poetry, drumming and traditional songs and theatrical performances. At 12 pm an International Libation will occur simultaneously across the United States.

Event partners are the Hampton History Museum, Fort Monroe National Monument, Fort Monroe at Old Point Comfort, Visit Hampton, Virginia!, Fort Monroe's Casemate Museum Unity Commission and 400 Years Forward - Hampton, VA

Photo courtesy of Terez Dean.

04/21/2026

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Join us this Friday from 3 - 6pm for the dedication of the African Landing Memorial Plaza!

As the first completed element of the African Landing Memorial, this plaza focuses on reflection, remembrance, and connection linking the histories of West Central Africa, the transatlantic journey, and the shores of present-day Virginia.

Experience a ceremony that encourages you to be involved and connect to the story of the first Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, where it happened!

04/18/2026

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