Cheryl LaRoche to Keynote opening of
“What Remains: Archaeological Discoveries of African American Life in Prince George’s County”
You are invited to The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission opening reception for the 2016 celebration of Black History Month.
Dr. LaRoche will have copies of her book, Free Black Communities and the Underground Railroad: The Geography of Resistance for sale.
Archaeologist and historian Cheryl Janifer LaRoche, Ph.D. uses archaeology, history, law, oral history, as well as geography and material culture to define nineteenth century African American cultural landscapes and their relationship to the Underground Railroad. Her work has taken her across the country, from New England to the banks of the Mississippi River and beyond. She has physically walked historic landscapes from New Hampshire to Missouri to Canada. Most recently she served as a project historian for the Smithsonian’s newest museum, the National Museum of African American History and Culture. She has consulted for the National Park Service, the Harriet Tubman sites, the African Meeting House in Boston and Nantucket, the African Burial Ground and several others.
M-NCPPC’s Program will present an exhibit entitled “What Remains: Archaeological Discoveries of African American Life in Prince George’s County” examining archaeology and aspects of African American life in the County, including spirituality, home life, childhood and consumerism.
The exhibit focuses on five sites: Mount Calvert Historical and Archaeological Park, Apple Hill, Northampton Slave Quarters and Archaeological Park, Montpelier Mansion, and Cherry Hill Cemetery.