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Footprints and RootsSaturday, June 18, 2016Saturday, June 18, 2016Saturday, June 18, 2016Saturday, June 18, 2016Saturday, June 18, 2016
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Eleventh AnnualJuneteenth Seminar
This is a FREE community event sponsored jointly by the Afro-American Historicaland Genealogical Society, Inc. Prince George’s County, Maryland Chapter(AAHGS-PGCM), the Prince George’s County Historical Society and theChairman of the Prince George’s County Planning Board, Elizabeth M. Hewlett.
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WELCOME!On behalf of the Prince George’s County Maryland Chapter of the Afro-American Historical andGenealogical Society, Inc., Prince George’s County Maryland Chapter and the Prince George’s CountyHistorical Society, (PGCHS), we welcome you to the 11th Annual Juneteenth Celebration Seminar,“Footprints and Roots”. We have planned a series of lectures and workshops on genealogy and history,designed to be of interest to beginning and advanced researchers, including all-day sessions for childrenand youth.
We invite you to have lunch in the park, where vendors will be selling a variety of ethnic, soul, andeveryday favorite foods. There will also be many activities for the entire family (entertainment, games,arts and crafts, music, dancing, etc.). That portion of the program is being sponsored by the Chairman ofthe Prince George’s County Planning Board, Elizabeth Hewlett, the Maryland National Park and PlanningCommission and the Prince George’s County Department of Parks and Recreation.
2016 Juneteenth Celebration Committee
JUNETEENTHJuneteenth, or the ”19th of June”, recognizes June 19, 1865, in Galveston, TX, when Union GeneralGordon Granger announced freedom for all slaves in the Southwest. Texas was the last state in rebellion toallow slavery following the end of the Civil War. This occurred more than two and a half years afterthe Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln. After the issuing of GeneralOrder #3 by General Granger, the former slaves celebrated jubilantly, establishing America’s secondIndependence Day Celebration and the oldest African American holiday observance.
On January 1, 1980, Juneteenth became an official state holiday in Teaxs through the efforts of Al Edwards,an African American state legislator. The successful passage of this bill marked Juneteenth as the firstemancipation celebration granted official state recognition. Edwards has since actively sought to spreadthe observance of Juneteenth all across America. In 2003, the District of Columbia passed legislation torecognize Juneteenth as a district holiday observance. Juneteenth is now recognized as a state holiday orspecial day of observance in 43 states.
America now has two Independence Days, the ”4th of July” and the ”19th of June”, recognized by the U.S.Senate. S.R. 474, sponsored by Sen. Carl Levin (D- MI), with over 40 co-sponsors, unanimously passedthe U.S. Senate on June 14, 2014, marking a historic legislative milestone in the acknowledgement thecountry’s legacy of enslavement to freedom for Americans of African descent. Only one step remains inthe establishment of Juneteenth Independence Day as a National Day of Observance, placed on calendarsthroughout the nation, the visible leadership and personal support of President Barack Obama.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
“Juneteenth: Myth and Reality”
Edna Greene Medford, Ph.D.
Dr. Edna Greene Medford is Professor and Chairperson of theDepartment of History at Howard University. She received a Bachelorof Science degree in Teacher Education (history emphasis) fromHampton Institute (Virginia), a Master of Arts in United States historyfrom the University of Illinois, Urbana, and a Ph.D. in history from theUniversity of Maryland at College Park. She has been a professor atHoward University in Washington, DC for nearly twenty-nine yearsand chair for almost six.
Dr. Medford has authored, co-authored, or edited four books and morethan two dozen articles on African American history, the administrationof Abraham Lincoln, race, and Black freedom. Her publications include:
Lincoln and Emancipation (2015); Historical Perspectives of the African Burial Ground: NewYork Blacks and the Diaspora, ed. (2009); The Emancipation Proclamation: Three Views, co-authored (2006); and The Price of Freedom (2 volumes, edited). She serves on numerous advisoryboards, including the Executive Council of the Association for the Study of African AmericanLife and History, the Abraham Lincoln Foundation, Washington History magazine, the UlyssesS. Grant Association, the Lincoln Forum, and the Abraham Lincoln Association. She has providedinterviews and on-air commentary on both television and radio programs, at home and abroad,including C-SPAN, the History Channel, the Smithsonian Channel, CBS Sunday Morning andNational Public Radio. She has lectured across the nation and in international settings, includingthe Netherlands, South Africa, Northern Ireland and Canada. Her honors and awards include:the Business Award from the National Capital Area chapter of the National Association of NegroBusiness and Professional Women, the special bicentennial edition (2009) “Order of Lincoln,”granted by the state of Illinois; the “2006 Outstanding Graduate Faculty of the Year Award” bythe Howard University Graduate Student Assembly; the 2013 “Professor of the Year Award,”from the Howard University Student Association; the Alumni Achievement Award from theCollege of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois, Urbana; and the “LincolnDiploma of Honor” from Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee (the university’sequivalent of an honorary doctorate).
From September 1998 to 2010, Dr. Medford served as a member of the Board of Directors ofBorders Group, Inc., the parent company of Borders Books, Music and Café; Books Etc.; andWaldenbooks.
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LINDA CROPPER CHRISTENSEN is Co-Director of the Washington DC. Family History Center inKensington, Maryland. She has a M.S. degree in Child Development and has trained young children andeducators of young children. Her interest in family history began as a child when on Sundays the familywould gather around the table to share memories and add photos to personal scrapbooks. She currentlyfocuses on how the computer helps in the searching, recording and sharing of family memories. She is themother of four and grandmother of nine.
AARON DORSEY is a native of Oakland, California has been doing genealogical research for over 10years. His undergraduate degree in U.S. History and graduate degree in Education Policy are from StanfordUniversity. He began researching his family history after reading Jubilee by Margaret Walker-Alexanderfor a Survey of African American Literature at the College of Alameda. He has documented the history ofhis family in Alabama, California, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. However, thefocus of his research has been concentrated in Texas where he has traced his ancestors to 1839.
CHARLES HOWARD, a native of Baltimore, Maryland, received an undergraduate degree from theUniversity of Maryland – Eastern Shore and a Masters’ Degree from Antioch University, Yellow Springs,Ohio. Charles is the Past President of both the National Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society,Inc. and the Washington, DC Chapter. He is a life member of the Multicultural Genealogical Center,Chesterhill, Ohio, a member of the Athens County (Ohio) Historical Society and Museum; the OhioGenealogical Society; the Ohio Historical Society, the Gallia (Ohio) Genealogical Society, and the AlbemarleCounty (Virginia) Chapter of AAHGS. In 2005, after 38 years of service, he retired as the Chief of theOffice of Investigations and Compliance, District of Columbia Government.
ANNA KEPHART is the Coordinator of the Southern Maryland Studies Center, a local history archive andresearch center at the College of Southern Maryland in La Plata, Maryland. She is an active member of theAfrican American Heritage Society of Charles County, Inc., and is passionate about preserving and sharinglocal African American history.
JEANETTE MADISON is a family researcher who enjoys finding and then sharing new information withother family members. She began looking into family history over 20 years ago during an active career inthe telecommunications industry and has resolved more than one family mystery that had stood forgenerations. She has also written articles for the AAHGS-PGCM and AAHGS-Central Maryland Chapters’newsletters. Jeanette earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Howard University, and a Master’sdegree in Management from National St. Louis University. She has been a member of AAHGS-PGCM forseveral years and enjoys sharing what she’s learned, especially with children and youth.
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On the occasion of your
11th Annual Juneteenth Celebration
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NATHANIA A. BRANCH MILES, author and lecturer is a graduate of the University of Maryland, inUrban and Regional Planning; she received a certificate in Women’s Studies and currently working on amaster’s degree in Sociology at Howard University. Nathania has recently been appointed as a Commissionerfor the Prince George’s County Commission on Historic Preservation. She has written several genealogicalarticles on her ancestors; co-authored two books on the Images of Oxon Hill and Images of Fort Washingtonand Historic Prince George’s: A Confluence of Cultures. She is an active AAHGS member both at the localand national level.
ANGELA WALTON-RAJI is known nationally for her research and work on Oklahoma Native Americanrecords and US Colored Troops. A founding member of AfriGeneas.com, Ms. Walton-Raji is also a genealogistspecializing in information for beginners, via daily and weekly online genealogy chats on AfriGeneas. Shehosts a weekly genealogy podcast, a number of instructional videos and is an expert consultant on videodocumentaries. Beyond her public appearances, she is a published author, host of 3 blogs a 12 year ongoingmessage board, 3 websites, and she hosts the only weekly podcast devoted to African American genealogy.
KAREEM N. WASHNGTON, Ph.D, grew up in Fort Washington, MD, graduated from Morehouse Collegein 1995, and went on to receive a M.Sc. in Human Genetics and a Ph.D in Biochemical Genetics from theDepartment of Genetics and Human Genetics, Howard University, Washington, D.C. He was a Post-doctoralFellow in the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) branch of the NIHconducting research on improving delivery of genes into blood cells for genetherapy of Sickle Cell Disease.Currently, he is Graduate School Chair of the Department of Genetics and Human Genetics and Director ofGraduate studies with an appointment as Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and ChildHealth at Howard University.
REGINALD WASHNGTON, Ph.D is a retired archivist and genealogy specialist formerly with the NationalArchives and Records Administration (NARA). He has lectured extensively on records and research proceduresand served for the past eighteen years as the agency’s African-American Genealogy Specialist. His articleshave appeared in Ancestry Magazine, the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, the Negro History Bulletin,Prologue, and NARA’s The Record. Mr. Washington compiled Black Family Research: Records of Post-Civil War Federal Agencies at the National Archives and NARA Reference Information Paper 108,(Washington, D.C. 2010); digital edition http://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/index.html.making a connection with Harriet Tubman’s legendary efforts to free slaves there. He serves ona variety of community, civic, and genealogy boards.
MARGO LEE WILLIAMS has been actively doing family research for 30+ years and has researched andwritten extensively on her family. She is a well-known lecturer for the DC area Family History Centers, aformer editor of the Journal of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, and takes clientsthrough her private research company, Personal Prologue. Her second book, From Hill Town to Strieby(Backintyme), will be released this summer. She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.
BEVERLY BABIN WOODS has been an avid, in depth genealogy and historical researcher and presentersince 1973.. She has researched the Educational Records of the Freedmen’s Bureau at the National Archivesin Washington, D.C., records in Canada, Virginia, Louisiana and many regions of the U.S. A publishedwriter and author, she is a past President, AAHGS, Prince George’s County Chapter, and a member of theAccokeek [MD] Women’s Writers Group. The Beverly Babin Woods Collection is held at Louisiana StateUniversity in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Beverly has lived in many States and cities in the United States andabroad. She graduated Kubasaki DOD High School in Okinawa, Japan. Beverly retired from the UnitedStates Catholic Conference of Bishops, Office of Social Development and World Peace in Washington, DC.She and her husband Clifford reside in Accokeek, Maryland.
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JULIA PORTER received a B.S. Degree from Paine College and a M.A.T. Degree from Trinity College.She is a retired Washington, DC teacher. She is a genealogist and family historian and a charter member ofthe AAHGS, Prince George’s and formerly served on the National Society’s Board of Directors. She lecturesand conducts genealogical workshops geared toward children and youth at Juneteenth Programs and theReginald Lewis Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. She is a recent recipient of an AAHGS’ National Certificateof Appreciation Award.
AAHGS, INC. - PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY CHAPTERThe Prince George's County, Maryland Chapter of AAHGS was organized in July 1994 and chartered 28 April 1995. As a non-profit volunteer organization, our objectives are to promote Black History in Prince George's County, to encourage the historicaland genealogical studies of African Americans currently residing in the county, and to support the goals and objectives of ournational society. To reach these objectives, AAHGS-PGCM conducts activities such as: workshops, speaker forums, discussiongroups, onsite research, speakers bureau, exhibits, and networking.
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Local & National Individual Membership $50/year ($35 national + $15 local dues) Local & National Family Membership $60/year ($40 national + $20 local dues) National Life Membership (individuals only) $1,000 (may be paid in three installments within a 3 year
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Since 2004, the Prince George’s County Council, has issued a proclamation for the annual Juneteenthcelebration. The festival, which was originally held at Walker Mill Regional Park started when SamuelDean was the Chairman of the Council. We are unable to print the 2016 proclamation since it will notbe issued until the third week in June which is too late for this program’s publication deadline. Wehave, however, printed a copy of the original 2004 document for your information.
Special AcknowledgementsThe Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Prince George’s County Maryland Chapter and the PrinceGeorge’s County Historical Society extend sincere gratitude and appreciation to the following individuals andorganizations for their assistance and support of our Annual Juneteenth Celebration.
Juneteenth Celebration Planning Committee
Carolyn Corpening Rowe and Jane Taylor Thomas, Juneteenth Committee Co-Chairs
Volunteers
Members of AAHGS, Inc., Prince George’s County Maryland ChapterElders, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Capitol Ward
Sponsors
Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc.-PGCM ChapterPrince George’s County Historical Society
The Chairman of the Prince George’s County Planning Board, Elizabeth M. Hewlett
Donors and ContributorsAfrican American Heritage Preservation GroupAfrican Ancestry, Inc.Ellen AmeyAncestorStuff.comAncestry.comAlexandria Black History MuseumCarolyn Corpening RoweChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, UtahCultural Tourism DCHoward University Center for Career, Education, Development & RessearchHoward University Counseling ServicesHoward University Office of Special Student ServicesJack and Jill of America, Ft. Washington Maryland ChapterLibrary of CongressLibrary of VirginiaJeanette MadisonLyndra Marshall
Ellen AmeyJason JoinerJeanette MadisonLyndra Marshall
Janet SimpsonWillie Williams, Jr.Beverly Babin WoodsClifford Woods
Roger Marshall, Sr.Barrington McKoyNathania Branch MilesJulia Porter
Maryland National Capital Park and PlanningMaryland State ArchivesNational Archives and Records AdministrationNational Museum of African-American History and CultureNational Society, Daughters of the American RevolutionOld Line Bank, Ft. Washington BranchJulia PorterPrince George’s County Historical SocietyPrince George’s County, Maryland Conference and Visitors BureauReunions MagazineLynn Springer RobertsJanet SimpsonErich J. Slaugther IIJane Taylor ThomasSmithsonian Anacostia Community MuseumThe Conservancy of Broad CreekVisitAlexandriaVA.comEdwin Bradford Washington, Jr.
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Juneteenth Celebration
8:30 A.M. – 9:00 A.M.Registration (Exhibit Hall)
Continental Breakfast (Kitchen)
9:00 A.M. – 9:15 A.M.(Auditorium)
Opening/WelcomeDennis Doster, Ph.D., Black History Program Manager,
Prince George’s County Department of Parks and RecreationNathania A. Branch-Miles, Prince George’s County Historical Society
Jane Taylor Thomas, President, AAHGS-PGCM
9:15 A.M. – 10:20 A.M.(Auditorium)
Introduction of Keynote SpeakerJanet Simpson
Keynote Speaker: Edna Green Medford, Ph.D“Juneteenth: Myth and Reality”
10:20 A.M. – 10:30 A.M.Break
Morning Workshop Sessions
10:30 A.M. – 11:20 A.M.Children’s Area: Children’s SessionMeeting Room 1: Exploring Beginning Genealogy for AdultsMeeting Room 2: Using Family Search and the Family Tree to Find Your AncestorsMeeting Room 3: African American History of Charles County Maryland
11:30 A.M. – 12:00 NOONAuditorium: Teachable Moment
12:00 NOON– 1:30 P.M.Lunch Break
Exhibits will be on display throughout the day.
Juneteenth Celebration
12:00 NOONWalker Mill Regional Park: Juneteenth Celebration
Walker Mill Regional Park is located at 8840 Walker Mill Road, District Heights, MD 20747. The JuneteenthCelebration will be held from 12:00 noon-5:00 p.m. M-NCPPC will provide shuttle service every 15 minutes,starting at 11:45 a.m. to transport attendees back and forth between Watkins Regional Park and WalkerMill Regional Park. In addition to food, attendees can enjoy singing, dancing, arts and crafts, storytellingand a variety of other activities, live entertainment, and exhibits during the lunch break and throughout theafternoon.
Afternoon Workshop Sessions
1:30 P.M. – 2:20 P.M.Children’s Area: Children’s SessionMeeting Room 1: Strategies for Conducting Slave Era ResearchMeeting Room 2: City Directories: More Than NamesMeeting Room 3: Records of the Southern Claims Commission
2:20 P.M. – 2:30 P.M.Break
2:30 P.M. – 3:20 P.M.Children’s Area: Children’s SessionMeeting Room 1: DNA and GenealogyMeeting Room 2: Nowhere To Run: Getting Over, Around, and Under Brick WallsMeeting Room 3: Essential Online Resources for African American Genealogy
3:20 P.M. – 3:30 P.M.Break
3:30 P.M. – 4:30 P.M.(Room #1/Auditorium)
Wrap-Up / Announcements / Evaluation
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Door prizes will be given away!
