November 2021 Koinonia Session
November 19 | Discussion about the documentary, “How the Monuments Came Down”
Friday night, 7-8:30 pm via Zoom
A timely and searing look at the history of white supremacy and Black resistance in Richmond. The feature-length film—brought to life by history-makers, descendants, scholars, and activists—reveals how monuments to Confederate leaders stood for more than a century, and why they fell.
Watch the documentary in advance here – https://www.pbs.org/video/
November 20 | Trail of Enslaved People with guide Nikki Fernandes
Saturday, 9 am – 2 pm, in person
The Richmond Slave Trail is a walking trail that chronicles the history of the trade of enslaved Africans from Africa to Virginia until 1775, and away from Virginia, especially Richmond, to other locations in the Americas until 1865. It begins at Manchester Docks, a major port in the massive downriver Slave Trade that made Richmond the largest source of enslaved Africans on the east coast of America from 1830 to 1860. Join Virginia Commonwealth University professor Nikki Fernandes to explore this sacred path of remembrance. Debrief the experience at Brown’s Island newly installed Emancipation & Freedom Monument.
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