Symposium 2025: “The Great Awakening”

Phase 3 admission (free to the public)

Summary of Project: This project involves a public discourse Listening Session focused on preserving and expanding descendant communities across the region. It continues the effort of conducting critical, time-sensitive research to identify and interview individuals who attended Project Symposium-25 as invited guests. The goal is to preserve the history of Plantation era and historical remnants resulted off the Great Black Migration in the regions of the Mississippi Delta-Basin..

Symposium 2025: “The Great Awakening”

Objective: To unite regional and local descendants of enslaved individuals who have ties to culturally significant historic sites representative of enslaved Progenitor’s sacred burial grounds turn-of-the-century cemeteries across the landscape of the Mississippi River Delta valley, for two days dedicated to education, advocacy, and empowerment.

Venue: Lincoln University, MO. (HBCU) member;

Located in Sikeston, Missour

Southeast Missouri State University "The Bollinger Center for Regional History

This event aims to bring together descendants of enslaved individuals to foster a sense of community, provide educational opportunities, and advocate for the preservation and recognition of historic sites and cemeteries. It will be a platform for empowerment and raising awareness about the cultural significance of these sites.