The Texas Freedom Colonies Project Supports October 31 Symposium on Black, Brown, Indigenous Heritage
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AUDIO: My Study, Your Freedom Colony Stories: Planning & Preservation in Texas' Black Settlements
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Pictured, Mary Shankle (Liberty Community, Newton County) and Gwen Bluiett (Mount Union, Jasper County) at the 2014 Shankleville Homecoming, Photo by Andrea Roberts Andrea Roberts, PhD is the founder of the Texas Freedom Colonies Project and is an Emerging Scholar Fellow at the School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austi n. This presentation represents the culmination of the first phase of her research with descendants of Black settlements (also known as Freedmen's Towns or Freedom Colonies) any of which were founded by former slaves. The presentation was made at the Purple Hull Pea Festival, in Shankleville Texas (a Freedom Colony) . Results of this initial ethnographic and participatory action study were discussed with some of the participants. Email Andrea Roberts to request the PowerPoint presentation that accompanied the audio or to learn more about her research.
Historic Black Settlements Panel at 2015 Texas Planning Conference #txfcproject
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The powerpoint below was presented this Friday in Galveston at the 2015 Texas Chapter American Planning Association Conference by Andrea Roberts, University of Texas at Austin/TX Freedom Colonies Project | Lareatha Clay, Shankleville Historical Society | Kim McKnight, City of Austin Here's a summary of what our 1 1/2 hour panel was about: "From 1870 to 1890, in the shadow of Reconstruction and violent nadir of American race relations that followed, former slaves founded more than 500 “Freedom Colonies” or Freedmen’s Towns across Texas. The purpose of this panel is to gain insight into how identity and memory among the dispersed, diasporic of descendants’ associated with Freedom Colonies catalyze their planning and historic preservation activities. How can understanding the way memory is operationalized in Freedom Colony heritage, cemetery, and homestead preservation projects enable public planners and cultural resources management professionals to better serve these enda...
TX Freedom Colony Symposium: Celebrating freedom, family, & fun at the Texas Purple Hull Pea Festival
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Descendants of Texas' Historic Black Settlements Speak Out at Texas Freedom Colony Symposium
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