The 13th Annual Lemon Project Spring Symposium

At the Root: Exploring Black Life, History, and Culture

March 24-25, 2023

This event will take place both in person and virtually. Registration is free, and breakfast and lunch are provided. All are welcome to attend.

Click here for In-Person Registration

Virtual Registration will be open in mid-February.

Friday, March 24, 2023

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Check-In	Concourse
8:50 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Welcome by Robert Francis Engs Lemon Project Director Jody Allen	Matoaka Woods
8:55 a.m.- 9:00 a.m.	Remarks by Provost Peggy Agouris	Matoaka Woods
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Keynote by Judge John Charles Thomas HON '18	Matoaka Woods
	Concurrent panels
10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.	"We've Come This Far by Faith:" A Panel Discussion on Black Church History in Virginia's Historic Triangle
10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.	Hampton Plantation, the Lynching of Howard Cooper, and the Freedom Trail: Centering Community and Creating Connections
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch
12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Robert F. Smith Explore Your Family History Center Community Curation Presentation	Matoaka Woods
	3 concurrent panels
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 pm	Tangled Roots: Braxton Descendants Research Their Past and Discover Intersecting Black and White Family Threads
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 pm	A Game Plan to Set the Record Straight on Black History in America
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 pm	African American Churches, Cemeteries, and the Documentary Records of Black Virginians
	3 concurrent panels
3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.	Where Do We Go From Here?: A generational discussion of The Reservation Experience
3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.	Making A Living: Memory of Slavery, Community, and Businesses
3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.	Past Reflection, Forward Progress: Douglass School, Kokomo, Indiana
4:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.	Break
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.	The Making of Nine Panel Discussion	Matoaka Woods

Saturday, March 25, 2023

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Check-In	Concourse
8:50 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Welcome	Matoaka Woods
	3 Concurrent Panels
9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.	Illuminating the Black Communities Displaced by Colonial Williamsburg: The Case of Nicholson Street
9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.	Celebrating Simms, Oral Histories, and Community Storytelling: Toward a Collaborative Practice for Polyvocal Black Historical Recovery
9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.	Listening to the Elders: Family History, Local History, and Personal History
	3 Concurrent Panels
10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.	“Neat in their Cloaths”: Utilizing Material Culture to Expand Black Women’s Narratives
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Maryland and the World: A Roundtable Discussion about Truth and Reconciliation
10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.	Navigating Black Culture Today: Disability, Safe Spaces, Publication Education, and Preservation
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Lunch	Matoaka Woods
	3 Concurrent Panels
12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.	Mending the Fork in the Road at the Forks of Cypress
12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.	Feeding Minds and Souls in Wake Forest, North Carolina
12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.	Honoring Authenticity: An Exploration of Undergraduate Student Research of Campus Iconography
	3 Concurrent Panels
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.	Life in the Reservation Community: Community-University Partnerships for Public Research
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.	Historic Preservation, Property Rights, and Landscapes
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	The Power of Language: Clinical Perspectives of Systemic Narratives
3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	Closing Remarks	Matoaka Woods
3:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.	Break
7:00 p.m.	Symposium Closing Event

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The 13th Annual Lemon Project Spring Symposium

At the Root: Exploring Black Life, History, and Culture

March 24-25, 2023

Friday, March 24, 2023

Saturday, March 25, 2023