This celebration will feature a stage presentation by Lou Beatty Jr., musical presentations by the local church choirs, games, and local African American vendors. Attendees can also view the exhibit Ancestry 100: Churches, which tells the stories of the African American churches in Powhatan from the 1800s to today and will be permanently archived at the Drexel-Morrell Center. The exhibit was supported by a grant from Virginia Humanities.
Presented by the NAACP-Powhatan County Branch, Powhatan African American Cultural Arts Museum, Habitat for Humanity, the Drexel Morrell Center and Powhatan Parks and Recreation.
