A new sculpture at Fort Monroe memorializes Antony, Isabella and their son William, connecting Hampton Roads to the 1619 arrival of captive Africans and the generations...
A new sculpture at Fort Monroe memorializes Antony, Isabella and their son William, connecting Hampton Roads to the 1619 arrival of captive Africans and the generations...
Fort Monroe will host African Landing Commemoration Week, August 22–29, 2026, honoring the first recorded landing of Africans in English North America at Point Comfort in...
The William Tucker 1624 Society will commemorate 407 years of African and African American history with a week of events at Fort Monroe, culminating in the...
Bells rang across the world on August 23 in solidarity with Fort Monroe’s Annual African Landing Day Commemoration, honoring the first enslaved Africans who arrived at...
Calvin Pearson, founder of Project 1619, spent his life challenging false narratives about the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in America. His work helped recognize...
Hampton, Virginia, will host a series of events from August 23-25 to commemorate the arrival of the first Africans in English North America in 1619. The...
The annual African Landing Commemoration Day, organized by Project 1619 Incorporated, aims to honor the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in the United States and...
By Randy Singleton Community Correspondent New Journal and Guide HAMPTON Gov. Ralph Northam announced on Friday (Feb 19) that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural...
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia In August 1619, more than 20 Africans landed at Old Point Comfort, the present-day Fort Monroe in Hampton,...
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