This What Change Looks Like: Clemson 2020?
Wednesday, February 24th, 7:00PM EST
https://clemson.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAodemurjsvHNRhFfeePIHTGT9NKLK8jYmj
A panel discussion regarding Call My Name, the Cemetery Project, Reclaim & Rename, and more
African American Contributions Guided Walking Tour
Description: Guided campus walking tour highlighting the contributions of African Americans at Clemson University; based on the research of Dr. Rhondda Thomas and the Call My Name Clemson project. Tour is FREE and open to all community members with prior registration. Sponsored by the community group, Let’s Talk Race.
When: Sunday, February 28th - 3:00-4:00pm EST
Register here: http://bit.ly/LTRCampusTour
Registration deadline is Thursday, February 25th (12pm).
Oconee County Branch NAACP Annual Black History Tea
When: Sunday, February 28, 2021 - 4 p.m.
Location: This is a virtual event at https://clemson.zoom.us/j/2663610627
Sponsors: Oconee County Branch NAACP
Mr. George Anderson, President of Oconee County Branch NAACP
Ms. Kathy Jenkins, Secretary of Oconee County Branch NAACP
The Annual Black History Tea program promotes membership and focuses on the vital role that the NAACP has played in paving the way for freedom and justice. This year’s program will include a panel discussion with City of Seneca leaders moderated by Erica Wearing.
The panelists include
Mayor Dan Alexander,
City of Seneca Police Chief Casey Bowling,
City of Seneca Administrator Scott Moulder, and
City of Seneca Council Member Reverend WC Honeycutt, Jr.
This event is free to the public and everyone is invited to submit questions in advance of the program by email to oconeescnaacp@gmail.com before Wednesday, February 24, 2021.
You can join the Zoom meeting for the Black History Tea at https://clemson.zoom.us/j/2663610627 on Sunday, February 28, 2021.
Where: Meet in front of Old Main (clock tower building) on the Clemson Campus. Masks and social distancing required. Limited parking is available at the University Lutheran Church parking lot (111 Sloan St.) and the lower parking lot off north of Clemson Ave. Other parking locations can be found in the downtown Clemson area.
Guided Tour of African American Burial Sites @ Woodland Cemetery, Clemson University
Description: In July 2020, ground-penetrating radar revealed the possible locations of more than 200 unmarked graves in the cemetery. The graves are thought to be those of enslaved people who worked from about 1830 to 1865 on John C. Calhoun’s Fort Hill Plantation and later as sharecroppers and Black laborers, including convicted individuals involved in the construction of Clemson College from 1890 to 1915. Nearly all are believed to be African Americans. Members of the Call My Name Project will be hosting tours.
When: Sunday, February 28th, FREE tours given on the hour between 12-6p
Register here:
https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/Clemson1@Clemson.onmicrosoft.com/bookings/