https://washingtoncountyremembers.org/home daily 1.0 2024-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e90cfc7364fc750d17064d0/1594130556459-VRQ6AW5EE9AEHCA66VZI/Screen+Shot+2020-07-07+at+9.02.01+AM.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e90cfc7364fc750d17064d0/cc5a279f-2793-4a17-a051-3d4cbcb90420/Picture3.jpg Home - Marker Dedication May, 15, 2021 Oaks Cemetery, Fayetteville, Arkansas. ABOUT US In affiliation with the Equal Justice Initiative, the Washington County Community Remembrance Project is comprised of a group of Washington county citizens who have dedicated themselves to engage in discussion and action to disrupt a culture of misinformation, silence and complacency about the history of racial terror in our area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e90cfc7364fc750d17064d0/1586903664263-IGBISMSX3IRNVDOR9HAP/2018AK19_118.jpg Home NATIONAL MEMORIAL FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE In April 2018, the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) opened a groundbreaking memorial in Montgomery dedicated to African American victims of racial terror lynchings called the National Memorial for Peace and Justice. The National Memorial for Peace and Justice contains monuments corresponding to over 800 counties where EJI documented racial terror lynchings. https://washingtoncountyremembers.org/memorial daily 0.75 2022-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e90cfc7364fc750d17064d0/58aa401b-2db7-440c-8a1f-ecb0dbbfe95a/Picture4.jpg Memorial - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e90cfc7364fc750d17064d0/97f74657-b5ea-4966-a315-c79ad67ab74d/Picture5.jpg Memorial - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://washingtoncountyremembers.org/education daily 0.75 2022-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e90cfc7364fc750d17064d0/1644890546306-RXIVDXECGNJ798MXO4ST/KUAF.jpg Education - Ozark Black History: 1820-1950 An award-winning Ozark Black History radio documentary produced by KUAF’s Jacqueline Froelich circa 2002. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e90cfc7364fc750d17064d0/1644890441355-EW5OYAPF0GRKYBIOE6T5/Oaks.jpeg Education - Oaks Cemetery: A Forgotten Place This is a documentary film about Oaks Cemetery. The film tells the story of some who are buried there, and the community takes care of the grounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e90cfc7364fc750d17064d0/082b9312-1b67-42cc-ab13-82010e86f62e/2T9A0629_30_31_32_33_34_Optimizer.jpeg Education - Elaine Massacre of 1919 An article from the Guardian about government sanctioned White violence in reaction to Black union organizing to address decades of White violence and economic exploitation of Black farmers and their families. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e90cfc7364fc750d17064d0/4f070b0e-44b1-411f-b3ee-0987c59e2db8/IMG_2270.jpeg Education - Black Perspectives of African American History A “communal diary” that provides a counter-narrative to White mythologies about the making of America and African American experiences. Contributors include renowned Black scholars, activists, poets, theologians, lawyers, journalists, political and media strategists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e90cfc7364fc750d17064d0/42566b06-edfd-4d26-9109-1a1014d814f4/IMG_2510.jpeg Education - Seeing the History of Slavery Clint Smith chronicles his visits to nine public sites related to the enslavement of Black people. Through his voyage into the past, Smith invites the reader to bear witness to the vestiges of slavery enshrined across the landscape of America and Gorée Island located off the coast of Senegal in West Africa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e90cfc7364fc750d17064d0/1644890674934-HHQ6VEECXXFEG1DRM7IB/lynching.jpeg Education - Lynching in America A resource for stories and reports from the Equal Justice Initiative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e90cfc7364fc750d17064d0/8a275ef8-2460-48af-8cfe-521d4e68bfcc/Journal_Cover.jpeg Education - Re-Presenting Aaron, Anthony, and Randall: Victims of Racial Terror Lynching in Washington County By RoAnne Elliott and Valandra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e90cfc7364fc750d17064d0/2e01234b-be9d-4c85-86eb-aa469961932d/Screen+Shot+2022-04-28+at+6.11.49+PM.png Education - Arkansas Peace & Justice Memorial Movement An educational online memorial to commemorate the victims of lynchings in the State of Arkansas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e90cfc7364fc750d17064d0/f0c6898c-4620-4819-9a11-41dec69a6adc/IMG_2269.jpeg Education - The 1619 Project The Pulitzer Prize winning 1619 project by New York Times Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones aims to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of our national narrative. https://washingtoncountyremembers.org/about daily 0.75 2022-02-06 https://washingtoncountyremembers.org/remembrance daily 0.75 2022-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e90cfc7364fc750d17064d0/1589948997218-U2VPXK0S1K7H08DKLSZV/thumbnail_9aS6aaQaSR6JuaNv7awNBw_thumb_3ec1.jpg Remembrance In 1856, Aaron and Anthony were forced to live in slave quarters that likely once stood along this tree-lined creek. The creek runs along the edge of property held by the Boone family, Aaron and Anthony’s enslavers, located in Richland Township, near present-day Elkins, Arkansas. Randall was enslaved by the Williams family, who owned property in the same community. (Photo provided by Margaret Holcomb, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e90cfc7364fc750d17064d0/1589949375217-ARK2GCH7N700S8T7800F/national+cemetary.png Remembrance Randall was executed by the state of Arkansas on August 1, 1856, most likely on Gallows Hill, now the location of the flagpole in the National Cemetery in Fayetteville, Arkansas (pictured). Gallows Hill was used for state hangings beginning in 1845. The National Cemetery was established after the Civil War. (Photo provided by Margaret Holcomb, 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e90cfc7364fc750d17064d0/1589949253138-XFF6HBMEKPSHOWPJ355O/early+map+of+courthouse.png Remembrance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e90cfc7364fc750d17064d0/1589949594768-MO3DSFWYR3MDZX2MBWKZ/location+of+lynching.png Remembrance Aaron and Anthony were lynched on July 7, 1856, on or near the “Old Yell Place.” The Archibald Yell property, known as Waxhaws, included this home (pictured) that was constructed by Yell (1797 - 1847) between 1835 - 1836. The home stood on what is now called South College Avenue. It was razed in the 1960’s. The property is now owned by the City of Fayetteville, and is adjacent to the Senior Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e90cfc7364fc750d17064d0/1592368092845-YVEQ1OSMY6OT323PMDWS/thumbnail_nwa+times+sesqui.png Remembrance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e90cfc7364fc750d17064d0/1e66c2d3-0c82-4bc0-96d5-717c78d5440b/Picture1.jpg Remembrance - Make it stand out Oaks Cemetery was established in 1867 by formerly enslaved people and is the first planned Black cemetery in Washington county. In 2014 it was listed as an historic site in the Arkansas Register of Historic Places. (Photo provided by Valandra, 2020) https://washingtoncountyremembers.org/reflection daily 0.75 2022-02-13 https://washingtoncountyremembers.org/reflection-wall daily 0.75 2020-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e90cfc7364fc750d17064d0/1596300488381-XP4T4J8MOLLTGOZ9LXFX/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-08-01%2Bat%2B11.42.10%2BAM.jpg Reflection Wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e90cfc7364fc750d17064d0/1595448654384-T9RJ94RI3O10W05GJJLE/image-asset.jpeg Reflection Wall Not only was I never before forced to come to grips with the legacy of racial violence in this place I have long called my home, I never even learned until now about the cultural markers of the Black people who managed to live under the structures of white supremacy that continue to benefit me to this day. Cultural bastions like Oak Cemetery. I had passed by that cemetery many times before, wondering why so many old head stones could have been allowed to weather away, shattered on the ground. How could I have not seen the now obvious and tragic context? Thank you so much for helping bring greater visibility to that history. — Yannik D. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e90cfc7364fc750d17064d0/1592369457078-KGK52HCZZMS4LVZVW6IS/Screen+Shot+2020-06-16+at+11.39.22+PM.png Reflection Wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e90cfc7364fc750d17064d0/1592369505738-XXPMUY48TKG9X9BGQR0C/Screen+Shot+2020-06-16+at+11.51.28+PM.png Reflection Wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e90cfc7364fc750d17064d0/1592369557714-PSON0NL0C9A7WUAUHDW1/Screen+Shot+2020-06-16+at+11.52.19+PM.png Reflection Wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e90cfc7364fc750d17064d0/1596473770359-IC2NTMF33V7F1A5DW9IJ/image-asset.jpeg Reflection Wall “ I do believe that our society has entered a time of true progress and improvement, and that is exciting. But I have been wrong before so am afraid to let my hopes be too high. The young people putting their health on the line to demonstrate inspire me.” - Love, Pattie B.