DC EMANCIPATION DAY COMMEMORATION _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ RALLY at Franklin Square at 13th & I Streets, NW, and MARCH to DC Historical Society at 801 K Street, NW, WASHINGTON DC . Friday, 16 April 2010 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ in connection with the SPRING RITUALS and EASTER DOES NOT MEAN TO ME, A BLACK MAN ... docu-projects Elvert Xavier Barnes Projections: photography . videography . writings . ads ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
Rally - Franklin Square |
The March to DC Historical Society |
DC Historical Society |
Chairman, Vincent Gray, DC Council |
Councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr. |
Councilmember Yvette Alexander |
DC Shadow Senator Michael Brown |
DC Shadow Senator Paul Strauss |
Reverend Graylin Hagler |
Organized by Anise Jenkins of Stand Up! for Democracy / Free DC In Coalition and Ayo Handy-Kendi of African American Holiday Association (AAHA) and in collaboration with Friends of DC Emancipation as well as other key sponsors the theme for the 2010 DC Emancipation Day Commemoration Rally & March was "To Honor the Ancestors & To Advocate for DC Statehood (Political Freedom). Click here to read my 21 April 2010 blog posting. |
Faith Dane & Jude Crannitch |
DC Emancipation Day March |