the texas freedom colonies project tri-fold brochure
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GET INVOLVED!Calling all descendants of Black settlements, museums, genealogists, educators, cemetery associations, Rosenwald School alumni, community homecoming presidents, archaeologists, archives, research institutes, HBCU alumni, Historical Landmark Commissioners, writers, and anyone else who cares about the future of Freedom Colonies!Share your story. Contact me if you or someone you know would like to share Freedom Colony stories and memories. Share them at the Texas Purple Hull Pea Fest in June or during a private interview. Stories might tell us• Who founded the Freedom Colony, local church, or school• How ex-slaves attained land• About celebrations that bring people back to the community (reunions, homecomings) • Folk tales or funny stories • Your ancestors’ achievements and how you think they should be recognizedTRANSCRIPT
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GET INVOLVED!
Calling all descendants of Black
settlements, museums, genealogists,
educators, cemetery associations,
Rosenwald School alumni,
community homecoming presidents,
archaeologists, archives, research
institutes, HBCU alumni, Historical
Landmark Commissioners, writers,
and anyone else who cares about the
future of Freedom Colonies!
Come to the Texas Purple Hull Pea
Festivals first Freedom Colony Symposium on June 27! The event is
dedicated to promoting Freedom Colony
heritage and Texas foodways. Freedom Colony
descendants, museums, homecoming
committees, cemetery associations, and county
historical commissions are invited to share
stories and learn about historic preservation
resources. The event will be held in historic
Shankleville, Texas, just 15 miles from the
Louisiana border, and 16 miles from Jasper.
Contact Lareatha Clay at lhclay@prm-
od.com for Festival Donations &
Sponsorship Opportunities.
Contact Pam Wright at
[email protected] about Booths
& Farmers Market Space.
Follow Texas Purple Hull Pea Festival on
Facebook.
ABOUT #TXFCProject
Andrea Roberts, a Community & Regional
Planning doctoral candidate at the University
of Texas Austin, is founder of the Texas Freedom Colonies Project, #TXFCProject.
She promotes cultural heritage preservation as
a social justice tool. She has family roots in
two Freedom Colonies, and she founded this
Project to honor that legacy.
Contact: Andrea Roberts
Phone: 832-465-6829
Email: [email protected]
Web:
www.linkedin.com/in/andrearoberts
The Texas Freedom Colonies Project
(Facebook)
#TXFCProject (Twitter)
Spread the word!
THE TEXAS FREEDOM
COLONIES PROJECT
3904 Tamil Street
Austin, Texas 78749
THE TEXAS FREEDOM COLONIES PROJECT
Join this grassroots project
created to preserve, honor, &
sustain the legacy of our first
African American settlements!
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WHAT IS THE TEXAS FREEDOM
COLONIES PROJECT?
This project is part of a larger University
of Texas doctoral research study, led by
Andrea Roberts. The study seeks stories
of how former slaves built whole
communities out of absolutely nothing
after Emancipation.
The Texas Freedom Colonies Project, a
research & social justice initiative, is
dedicated to
Recording descendants memories & stories of how these
communities began
Documenting ex-slaves contributions to history
Learning about descendants present-day community
development & historic
preservation concerns
The Texas Freedom
Colonies Project has
amassed a working
database of more than 500
Black settlements!
Spread the word!
2014 Shankleville, Texas Homecoming
WHAT ARE TEXAS FREEDOM
COLONIES?
Freedom Colonies also known as
Freedmen's Towns, "my family place",
"where we go for homecoming", Black
settlements, or "the Black side of town".
Former slaves in Texas founded these
communities 1866-1890.
Nearly 150 years later, most settlements
have lost population, and their landowners
have lost property through auctions,
partition sales, or outright theft. Few
remain on maps or in current census
records, but these settlements live on in
memory, church anniversaries, and family
reunions.
Still, a small number of Freedom Colony
residents have retained land and continued
to live within rural AND urban
settlements for generations. This Project
supports their efforts!
Spread the word!
1924 Rosenwald School, Sandy Grove, Burleson County,
Texas.
GET INVOLVED!
Calling all descendants of Black
settlements, museums, genealogists,
educators, cemetery associations,
Rosenwald School alumni,
community homecoming presidents,
archaeologists, archives, research
institutes, HBCU alumni, Historical
Landmark Commissioners, writers,
and anyone else who cares about the
future of Freedom Colonies!
Share your story. Contact me if you or
someone you know would like to share
Freedom Colony stories and memories. Share
them at the Texas Purple Hull Pea Fest in June
or during a private interview. Stories might tell
us
Who founded the Freedom Colony, local church, or school
How ex-slaves attained land
About celebrations that bring people back to the community (reunions,
homecomings)
Folk tales or funny stories
Your ancestors achievements and how you think they should be
recognized
Contact Andrea Roberts at