Greenbelt MD Emancipation Day Program - Reparations Panel Discussion

Greenbelt Museum

In honor of Maryland's Emancipation Day, the Greenbelt Black History and Culture Committee presents a panel discussion about reparations.

Greenbelt Branch Library, PGCMLS

In honor of Maryland's Emancipation Day, the Greenbelt Black History and Culture Committee (GBHCC) presents a panel discussion about reparations. Join the BGHCC to learn about reparations efforts. locally and in the US, internationally, and from an indigenous perspective. Panelists include Dr. Raymond Winbush - Morgan State University (local/national perspective), Dreisen Heath - Human Rights Watch (international perspective), and Rico Newman - Member of Choptico Band of Elders (indigienous perspective), Piscataway-Conoy Tribe of Indians.This year the Museum is proud to be a sponsor of the Greenbelt Black History and Culture Committee's program. Maryland celebrates Emancipation Day on November 1 to commemorate the day in 1864 when the state's new constitution abolished slavery.This event is also co-sponsored by the Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the Greenbelt Recreation Department.This event is a FREE, IN-PERSON event open to all. Registration/tickets are not required, but if you register, you will receive reminders for the event. Seating is on a first come, first served basis. The talk will take place in the auditorium of the Greenbelt branch of the Prince George's County Memorial Library System. Free parking is available on site.Greenbelt, Maryland, a National Historic Landmark planned community, was built in 1937 as part of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. The town was designed as a garden city that would be a model of modern town planning and cooperative living in America. Sadly although it was built by both Black and white laborers, black families were excluded from living in the town when it opened. It became integrated in the second half of the 1960s. To learn more, please visit <a href="https://www.greenbeltmuseum.org/" title="https://www.greenbeltmuseum.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">GreenbeltMuseum.org</a>. To make a tax deductible donation to the 501(c)3 nonprofit that supports the Museum click <a href="https://www.greenbeltmuseum.org/donate" title="https://www.greenbeltmuseum.org/donate" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.

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