Saturday, June 19, 2010
12noon - 6pm
Dr. Clarence V. Cuffee Community Center
2019 Windy Road
Chesapeake, VA 23324
757.648.8549
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12:15pm
Ben & Jefferson
Benjamin Bannker, inventor, publisher and farmer was regarded as the first African-American scientist and, of course, Thomas Jefferson was renowned for his inventive nature. So, it's no big surprise that these two thinkers and tinkers were pen pals.
12:45
Oprah WinTrey & the JuneteenthVA Puppets
24 puppet personalities from Powhatan to Rosa Parks to Arthur Ashe and Susan B. Anthony are interviewed by a human legend.
1:45
2 Harriets
Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad conductor share their lives in song and story.
2:30
Army of 1: James Armistead Lafayette
In 1781 an enslaved Black man, based in Portsmouth, spied on Cornwallis at Yorktown and provided serious help to George Washington and the Patriots in their winning battle for independence against the British during the Revolutionary War!
3:00
Chillin' on Death Row w/ Big d.o.G.
A man's last hours on Earth.
3:30
Auction
An enslaved family is broken apart and sold away from each other.
4:00
Abolitionists' Museum
Harriet Tubman, Abraham Lincoln, Sojourner Truth, Nat Turner, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, David Walker and John Brown face anarchy when a curator hangs a rebel flag in their wax home.
5:00
Afrikan Kingz & Queenz
It's lots of music and fun with Cleopatra, Hannibal, Queen Nzingha, Makeda, Queen of Sheba, Khama, the Good King of Buchanaland and King Alfonso of the Congo as contestants on "Egyptian Squares," a show very much like tv's "Hollywood Squares."
The End
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Hampton Roads "Karaoke Idol" Competition
A Conversation about Race
3-on-3 Basketball Playoffs
Who Dat w/ the Best Car Audio!!!
Amazing "Underground Railroad" Hunt
Spades, Hearts, Dominoes, Bid Whist Backgammon, Scrabble, Chess, Uno
Mediation / MAAFA / Meditation
