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Saturday Emancipation Day Celebration

April 18 @ 11:30 am - 6:00 pm

Saturday, April 18th

 

11:30 a. m. Assemble at the Go-Go Museum

1920 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. S.E. WDC 20020

 

Walking across and back “Freedom’s Crossing Bridge” to honor Our Ancestors

 

1:00 p.m. Return to the Go-Go Museum and Café

 

1:30 p.m. History of “Freedom’s Crossing” from Slavery to Emancipation

C.R. Gibbs, Historian, and Author

 

2:00 p.m. Panel Discussion Go-Go Music: Spiritual Art to Preserve and Protect for our Youth

Ron Moten, Ateya Ball

 

3:00 p.m. Go-Go Performances include @nextgenkrankband and special guest continue to honor sister Free who is an Original member of the first Free DC founded by Marion Barry and other leaders in our community

 

Sponsors: Go-Go Museum and Café; African Diaspora Ancestral Commemoration Institute (ADACI); and Zulu Global Enterprise LLC.

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