Forced Migrations. Deliberate Resistance. Ingenious Survival. Cultural Resilience.
Join us for a moving program to mark the close of the historic 400 years anniversary of the arrival of Africans in America. The program features a stirring exhibition of works by the internationally acclaimed artist L’Merchie Frazier, rituals of remembrance led by Sakena Young-Scaggs, PhD and a panel discussion that includes ASU faculty Lois Brown, PhD and Calvin Schermerhorn, PhD and Princess Crump, Board President, George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center.
Free | Open to the public | Light Refreshments
Speakers and Panelists:
![]() | L'Merchie Frazier fiber artist director of education Museum of African American History, Boston and Nantucket |
![]() | Lois Brown, PhD director, Center for the Study of Race and Democracy Foundation Professor of English Arizona State University |
![]() | Princess Crump board president George Washington Carver Museum & Cultural Center |
![]() | Sakena Young-Scaggs, PhD Honors faculty fellow Barrett, the Honors College Arizona State University |
![]() | Calvin Schermerhorn, PhD professor of history School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies Arizona State University |