UPCOMING EVENTS                   

JOIN US ON JUNE 14 AT 6:30PM FOR A BOOK DISCUSSION OF ON JUNETEENTH
WRITTEN BY PULITIZER PRIZE WINNER ANNETTE GORDON-REED.  
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PREVIOUS EVENTS

MAY 14, 2022 
REMEMBERING FIVE BLACK AMERICANS LYNCHED IN CHATHAM COUNTY

THE NAMES OF THE WINNERS OF THE RACIAL JUSTICE ESSAY CONTEST EVENT WILL BE POSTED HERE AFTER THE AWARDS CEREMONY ON MAY 14.  

BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION - OVER 50 YEARS LATER
APRIL 14, 2022 AT 6:30PM
A PERFORMANCE BY MIKE WILEY, ACCLAIMED ACTOR, PLAYWRIGHT AND ACTIVIST. THE HISTORIC VIDEO OF THE PANELISTS' REMARKS CAN BE SEEN HERE.

THIS SPECIAL EXHIBIT ON THE BLACK HISTORY OF CHATHAM COUNTY  WAS ON VIEW IN PITTSBORO FOR THE MONTHS OF FEBRUARY AND MARCH 2022
  • CRC-C and NAACP member, Adele Kelly, with assistance from Reverend Evan Harrison, Reverend Corey Little, US Army Col (ret) Ernie Parker and Ernest H. Dark, made recommendations to the Exhibits Committee at the Chatham County Historical Museum and provided information on the six lynchings in Chatham County and biographies of Black citizen leaders in the County.   For additional information on the lynching victims in Chatham County, please CLICK HERE.

**STILL I RISE **
An event to honor the achievements of Black Women in Chatham County
THE VIDEO OF THE EVENT IS FOUND HERE

SEE THE PATRIOTS OF COLOR COMMUNITY DISCUSSION ON FEB. 19

The Chatham Community Library and the Community Remembrance Coalition - Chatham are co-sponsoring
Patriots of Color in Chatham County during the American Revolution
February 19, 2022 from 2pm to 3:30pm.  
TO SEE THE VIDEO OF THE COMMUNITY DISCUSSION CHECK HERE

THE SUM OF US has been recorded:  Click  HERE

Watch the video of our 2022 Jubilee Day

To view the video of the Youth Celebration for the Holidays
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Cousin Gaeya's Scary Folktales

Cousin Gaeya's recording was up for one month and is no longer available. To learn more about Cousin Gaeya (Evette Evans), CLICK HERE . . .

REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY AND BLACK HISTORY DAY SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

For more information on the six lynchings that took place in Chatham County, visit https://lynchinginamerica.eji.org/report/ and the video, Why Build a Lynching Memorial? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-0FGYdTR7g&ab_channel=EqualJusticeInitiative

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Wilmington's Lie Panel Book Discussion

You can learn a little about the basic event described in the book in the above news video from Wilmington. 

Click here to view the video of our panel discussion. 
CRC-C & the Chatham County NAACP Branches 5377 and 5378 hosted The Talk, written and performed by Sonny Kelly. Sonny joined our esteemed panelists in sharing reflections after the presentation of the play and answering questions from the over 100 participants. To learn how more people you know can see The Talk, reach out to ​https://www.sonnykelly.com/

Celebrating Heritage of Faith & Music in Chatham County

Click HERE or on the above picture to enjoy music from six local historic congregations as we celebrate the Heritage of Faith and Music in Chatham County, North Carolina in this 250th year of its existence. 

Special thanks to the CRC-C grants committee; those who helped fund this endeavor; Sharon Seymore & Mary Nettles for scheduling; pastors, churches, choirs and praise teams for participating; and videographers for helping this video come together! 

You can learn more about some of Chatham's church histories here. 

Panel Discussion of Isabel Wilkerson's book, CASTE: The Origins of Our Discontents

Watch the Panel Discussion of CASTE from the Zoom event 5/27/21 by clicking on the button below.

The legacy of George Moses Horton, lauded Chatham poet born in slavery

By Hannah McCellan Tues, Feb 9, 2021 (Please subscribe to the Chatham News+Record) 

“What white people and Black people know about history is two different things,” Hudson said at that event. For Toomer, who left Horton Middle last year to found The School of the Arts for Boys Academy (SABA), ensuring the school community and larger Chatham community not only knew about Horton’s life, but celebrated it, was extremely important. The inaugural event featured Dan Tate’s “Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton,” a children’s book illustrating Horton’s life. Toomer said the school invited Tate, Horton’s alumni and CCS central services and administration. Leading up to that first event, Toomer said students read Tate’s book, competed in door-decorating contests, poetry slams and more. “The halls were just filled with moments of saying, ‘Hey, who is our namesake? And why is he important?” Toomer said.
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​Remembrance Coalition: Justice for county's 6 lynching victims

Elected officials, activists and community members gathered Saturday afternoon July 11, 2020 at the Chatham County Justice Center to push for “an America that works for all,” economic justice and a public recognition and memorialization for the county’s six lynching victims.
The hour-long ceremony, sponsored by the nonprofit organization Community Remembrance Coalition Chatham, drew a crowd of about 120 people.  [Read more]

Chatham Community NAACP Jubilee '21

Click on the picture of the Zoom call to watch the celebration. Enjoy the entire video. Mrs. Hudson's presentation is around the 43 minute mark.
On Sunday, January 3, 2021, the Chatham Community Branch #5377 of the NAACP held this Jubilee Day Celebration to commemorate the January 1, 1863 issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation. Branch President Mary Nettles hosted the event, which paid special tribute to the life and legacy of long-time Chatham resident George Moses Horton, for whom Pittsboro's Horton Middle School is named. Author, speaker, and Chatham County resident Marjorie Hudson delivered a presentation on Horton's life, character, and accomplishments, including publication of "The Hope of Liberty" in 1829, the first book by a Black author in the South. Descendants of Mr. Horton and members of the Horton Middle School community participated in a reading of Mr. Horton's poetry.