Efforts to preserve and interpret our history are alive and well. This week’s pieces highlight three projects that are working to gather, save and interpret stories, sites and artifacts from our past.

MONUMENTS, MUSEUMS AND ARCHIVES

New history museum delves into contributions of African American diaspora | The Hill

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Lifting Their Voices: Telling Our Stories | African American Archive of Columbia County

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Queen City: remembering the black neighbourhood erased for the Pentagon | The Guardian

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UPCOMING EVENTS

On July 16, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., the Trent House Association will present a talk by Shawn Carney and Michael Daubert on what can be learned from newspaper advertisements for the return of enslaved people who escaped from slavery. The talk will be given in the Trent House Visitor Center at 15 Market Street, Trenton, across from the Hughes Justice Complex. This is a free program, but pre-registration is encouraged at https://tinyurl.com/TalkJuly16.

Plenty of free parking is available at the rear of the Museum property. Click here to view/download the press release about this program.

For more articles, guides and other materials, visit the Sankofa Collaborative's Program Archives and Resources page.

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The Sankofa Collaborative helps people learn about, understand, and discuss African American history in schools, museums, libraries, civic groups, and other settings.

The Collaborative is the work of five New Jersey organizations - 1804 Consultants, Grounds For Sculpture, The New Jersey Historical Society, Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum, and the William Trent House Museum. Our programs and website are made possible through generous grants from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities and the New Jersey Historical Commission.

Sankofa, a word from the Twi language of Ghana, translates to "go back and get it." It is often depicted by a bird with its body facing forward and its head turned back, holding a precious egg. This and other Sankofa symbols remind us of the importance of learning from the past.

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