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In 1915, Carter G. Woodson and Jesse Moreland started the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History.  The precursor to today’s...

"When I Think of Africa, I Think of Joy." I bet you cannot guess who said this about Africa hundreds of years ago? It was Shakespeare! ...

of Equality and Justice. Hope is eternal. From the belly of the slave ship our ancestors held out hope that one day they would be...

In the beginning. English trading in enslaved Africans became established in the 1500’s. In 1562, Captain John Hawkins was the first...

Recent focus on the narrative of the First Enslaved Africans. 1619 and the landing of the first enslaved Africans to English Occupied...

In remembrance of.... Millions of our Afrikan Ancestors perished in the midst of a watery grave without markers, with having to endure...

“YA NGOMA” (The DRUM) The shape of the drum is circular, no beginning, no end. It's connected. The center of the drum is the sweet...

African Naming, Healing & Cleansing Ceremony This year I was determined to attend as many of the events sponsored by and associated with...

A Time to Celebrate African Culture & History in Hampton, VA The Hampton African -American Festival in downtown Hampton, Virginia had...

Enslaved African Landing Day In 2008, the first commemoration of Enslaved African Landing Day took place at Mill Point Park in Hampton,...

Links Between Africa and America The Mission of Project 1619 Inc. is to promote the arrival and history of the FIRST Enslaved Africans...