With the germination and courage with perseverance, programming was designed by her panelist tonight so we could tell the whole story of our community. Blending social history with public history to tell the africanamerican story had never been done before. And quite literally they were making history. This is the first of three panelist discussions that we will have this year. I would welcome you to come back on july 5 that focuses on africanamerican stories and on october 18 you will focus on the future, and are panelist of that discussion will be helping us think about how do we continue to tell the story. I know our panelists well and they have plenty to share with us. Let me begin the evening by introducing our moderator. He began his career as an interpreter. He is now evident of his own company. If you would join me in welcoming richard josie. It is interesting to come home after being in the cold minnesota for a while. To see the work thats being done here to see familiar faces
Test. Test. Test. Test. Captioning performed by vitac and what slavery did. So we try to soften it, its part of our bargaining. So inevitably somebody was going to ask the question and they did every day, well, are they good to you . Slavery isnt that bad, is it . I mean, look how youre dressed, at least you have your children with you. And, you know, it would be that kind of thing, which was, you know, no matter how well intentioned, its still annoying. Fortunately enough i was playing a character where i could let that be known. But the problem was that we were doing the work of the household, so we sat down with barney and i said, man, listen, im tired of hauling wood every day, you know, rose and i are out here hauling buckets of water, working in the garden, we are working like slaves. We want to be clear, we portray them. So, you know, so we need to work something out with the Landscape Department or something. So, sure enough they did, they made sure we had wood already stacked,
Perseverance, programming was designed by our panelists tonight so that we could tell the whole story of our 18th century community. Blending social history with public history to tell the africanamerican story had never been done before. And quite literally they were making history. This is the first of three panelist discussions that were going to have this year, and i would welcome you to come back on july 5th where we will look at current programming that focuses on africanamerican stories and also on october 18th where we will be focusing on the future and our panelists at that discussion will help us think about how do we continue to tell the story for, as mitchell said, it really is all of our story. I know our panelists well, and they have plenty to share with us. So please let me begin the evening by introducing our moderator. He began his career here as a junior interpreter and then became an active interpreter and manager and also a program developer. If you would join me in
Recognized we were only telling half of the story. And so with the determination and courage and perseverance, programming was designed by our panelists tonight so that we could tell the whole story of our 18th century community. Blending social history with public history to tell the africanamerican story had never been done before. And quite literally, they were making history. This is the first of three panelist discussions were going to have this year, and i would welcome you to come back on july 5th, where we will look at current programming that focuses on africanamerican stories. And also on october 18th, where we will be focusing on the future. And our panelists at that discussion will be helping us to think about how do we continue to tell this story . For as mitchell said, its really all of our story. I know our panelists well. And they have plenty to share with us. So please let me begin the evening by introducing our moderator. He began his career here at Colonial Williamsb
Programming with designs by our panelists tonight, so that we could tell the whole story of our 18th century community. Blending social history with public history to tell the africanamerican story has never been done before. And quite literally, they were making history. This is the first of three panelist discussions that we are going to have this year. And i would welcome you to come back on july 5, when we will look at current programming that focuses on African American stories, and also on october 18, where we will be focusing on the future, and our panelists at that discussion will be helping us to think about, how do we continue to tell the story . Lawrence mitchell said it really is all of our story. Now i know our panelists well. And they have plenty to share with us. So, please let me begin the evening by introducing our moderator. He began his career here at Colonial Williamsburg as a junior interpreter, and became an active interpreter and manager of the interpreters. And