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  • Join Action 4 Heritage 2025 to protect our historical memory. Unite to preserve marginalized voices and fight against renewed threats to our collective heritage
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  • Rachael Keri Williams leads an interactive discussion on Death, Tech, & Afrofuturism; a look at Harrisburg's Black Civil War history during YPOC's Juneteenth Harrisburg symposium.
    Death, Tech, & Afrofuturism: Juneteenth Harrisburg
  • Developed by SOAL and Breadcrumb Analytics, MapGed.com is an online platform for community-based public history - visualizing historic social networks of enslaved people, freedom seekers on the underground railroad, and much more will be made possible through AI innovation, machine learning, and crowdsourced cluster genealogy research done by people like you.
    MapGed.com: AI Innovation Meets Hands-On Historic Preservation
  • Some of the Civil War Veterans buried in Harrisburg Lincoln Cemetery may have seen a full-color recruiting handbill like this when they enlisted in the United States Colored Troops.
    List Update: Harrisburg’s Civil War Veterans Buried at Lincoln Cemetery

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  1. Angel K. on Char: SOAL Community Lincoln Cemetery Volunteer Spotlight9 April 2025

    Char is a true asset to SOAL and has a very welcoming spirit. She is always willing to help and…

  2. A Heartfelt Thank You to SOAL Volunteers | SOAL: Saving Our Ancestors Legacy on Char: SOAL Community Lincoln Cemetery Volunteer Spotlight8 April 2025

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  3. A Heartfelt Thank You to SOAL Volunteers | SOAL: Saving Our Ancestors Legacy on Devastating Loss and Potential Threat at Historic Black Cemetery8 April 2025

    […] the wake of recent events that threatened the very heart of our cherished Historic Black Cemetery, I find myself […]

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  5. Death, Tech, & Afrofuturism: Juneteenth Harrisburg - Lincoln Cemetery on MapGed.com: AI Innovation Meets Hands-On Historic Preservation13 November 2024

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Join Action 4 Heritage 2025 to protect our historical memory. Unite to preserve marginalized voices and fight against renewed threats to our collective heritage

SOAL’s Action 4 Heritage 2025

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SOAL’s Action 4 Heritage 2025 In the face of changing tides and an increasingly fraught political landscape, there are moments that demand clarity, unity, and decisive action. Today, we find ourselves in one of those moments. To this end, we are organizing SOAL’s Action 4 Heritage 2025, an event dedicated to mobilizing … Continue reading →

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Rachael Keri Williams leads an interactive discussion on Death, Tech, & Afrofuturism; a look at Harrisburg's Black Civil War history during YPOC's Juneteenth Harrisburg symposium.

Death, Tech, & Afrofuturism: Juneteenth Harrisburg

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Death, Tech, & Afrofuturism: Juneteenth Harrisburg Join us for a compelling journey through time as Rachael Keri Williams, founder and Executive Director of SOAL: Saving Our Ancestors’ Legacy, delivers an inspiring talk titled “Death, Tech, & Afrofuturism” in this video from the YPOC 2024 Juneteenth Harrisburg Summit, held on June 18th at … Continue reading →

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At Harrisburg's oldest Black Cemetery WGAL News 8 Live: Volunteers working with SOAL at Harrisburg's Lincoln Cemetery will collect geospatial data, photographs and information related to each stone in the cemetery with a mobile app (ArcGIS Field Maps), which will be used to produce an interactive map that allows descendants and researchers to find ancestors' graves.

WGAL News 8 Live at Harrisburg’s Oldest Black Cemetery

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WGAL News 8 Live at Harrisburg’s Oldest Black Cemetery At Harrisburg’s oldest Black Cemetery WGAL News 8 Live: Volunteers working with SOAL at Harrisburg’s Lincoln Cemetery will collect geospatial data, photographs and information related to each stone in the cemetery with a mobile app (ArcGIS Field Maps), which will be used to … Continue reading →

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UMaine dedicates Beryl Warner Williams Hall to groundbreaking graduate. Her granddaughter Eve Williams Wilson is seen here Performing poetry on the UMaine campus in Orono on Friday.

UMaine dedicates Beryl Warner Williams Hall to groundbreaking graduate

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UMaine dedicates Beryl Warner Williams Hall to groundbreaking graduate The UMaine honored one of its most groundbreaking graduates. The University dedicated Beryl Warner Williams Hall to a Black woman who was Bangor Native, Educator, and Civil Rights Leader. Her granddaughter Eve Williams Wilson is seen here performing poetry on the UMaine campus … Continue reading →

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Up From Eugenics: Beryl Warner Williams Hall Replaces Clarence Cook Little Hall on the UMaine Campus in April 28, 2023 Dedication with a multidimensional celebration of Black Joy.

Up From Eugenics: UMaine Beryl Warner Williams Hall Dedication

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Up From Eugenics: UMaine Beryl Warner Williams Hall Dedication on April 28th Up From Eugenics: Beryl Warner Williams Hall replaces Clarence Cook Little Hall. Two years in the making, the dedication will be a multidimensional celebration of Black Joy. Join the celebration of this historic event in UMaine history on April 28th, … Continue reading →

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