PEOPLE + PLACE

BOOK TALK
Aaron McDuffie Moore: An African American Physician, Educator, and Founder of Durham’s Black Wall Street
Facebook Live & Zoom Virtual Event

February 16, 2021

12:00 Noon

Preservation Durham’s People + Place Speaker Series connects the people of Durham with the importance of our historic, architectural and cultural places and the stories they bring to life. 

Join us for a discussion about the life of Aaron McDuffie Moore, founder of Durham’s Black Wall Street. The author, Blake Hill-Saya and C. Eileen Watts Welch, President of Durham Colored Library who commissioned the biography.  Hill-Saya & Welch are descendants of Moore. They will talk about the book and insights on the life and leadership of Aaron McDuffie Moore a man whose community dedication went beyond mere profit

PEOPLE + PLACE

Preservation Durham presents
Geer Cemetery: Racial Inequities in Cemeteries
Geer Cemetery
Facebook Live & Zoom Virtual Event

Thursday, November 19, 2020

12:00 Noon

Presenter: Debra Taylor Gonzalez-Garcia

Preservation Durham’s People + Place Speaker Series connects the people of Durham with the importance of our historic, architectural and cultural places and the stories they bring to life. 

Join a lively discussion with Debra Taylor Gonzalez-Garcia, President of Friends of Geer Cemetery, as we talk about the history of Geer Cemetery and its creation during Jim Crow. The talk will center around burial inequities from post reconstruction to the early 1900s. We will discuss how we can restore balance and equity in black cemeteries.
 
 
How to Join the Live Stream
https://www.facebook.com/PreservationDurham/
 
Zoom  Webinar Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WqN6nPiYQvuYkb7igYE2SQ

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PEOPLE + PLACE

Preservation Durham presents
Kofi Boone: Race, Place & Heritage
Facebook Live & Zoom Virtual Event

Thursday, May 7, 2020

12:00 Noon

Presenter: Kofi Boone, ASLA

Preservation Durham’s People + Place Speaker Series connects the people of Durham with the importance of our historic, architectural and cultural places and the stories they bring to life. 

This conversation with Kofi will examine interpretations of landscape heritage through the lens of equity. The session will present case studies of engagement with regional African American communities to illustrate the challenges and opportunities with directly engaging the legacy of race in heritage planning practices.
 
Kofi Boone, ASLA is Professor of Landscape Architecture at NC State University in the College of Design. Kofi is a Detroit native and a