Article: August 20 event will commemorate 375 years of African American

Chill
Call and Post (Cincinnati)
07-28-1994
August 20 event will commemorate 375 years of African American Heritage.

Williamsburg, Va. -- Three hundred seventy-five years of African American heritage will be commemorated August 20 in a special event at Jamestown Settlement marking the 1619 arrival of the first people of African origin in British North America. "The Arrival, Jamestown 1619: From African to African American" will feature a symbolic landing ceremony and a variety of programs to educate visitors about the history of African Americans and their impact on American culture.

The first Africans in British North America arrived in Virginia in 1619 aboard a Dutch ship which had ...

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