Building on the January 2022 Ritual of Remembrance, the first Walk of Remembrance, co-organized by RIC Postdoctoral Fellow Jasmine Blanks Jones and Billie Holiday Project for Liberation Arts Community Arts Fellow Jeneanne Collins, received excellent media coverage, linked below.
This community gathering featured a monologue performance by JHU sophomore Yasmine Bolden, a tap dance performance by Brinae Ali, Inheritance Baltimore artist in residence, and an address by Charlie Dugger, Inheritance Baltimore elder in residence. There were also two interactive art installations led by Jeneanne Collins, Inheritance Baltimore community arts fellow.
Please check out the coverage:
- Helen Lacey, “Walk of Remembrance Honors People Enslaved on Homewood Campus” JHU News-Letter, October 18, 2022
- Martha S. Jones, “Seeing Old Baltimore Anew: Whose Memories Are We Keeping, and For Whom?” Hard Histories, October 19, 2022
![Black woman in red shirt and blue jeans speaks into microphone in front of Black man holding drum](https://sites.krieger.jhu.edu/ric/files/2022/11/JHZ0259-683x1024.jpeg)
Jasmine Blanks Jones introduces Walk of Remembrance
![Woman in gray jacket places white sheet of paper with name of enslaved person on red, green, and black flag draped over plinth](https://sites.krieger.jhu.edu/ric/files/2022/11/JHU8900-1024x683.jpeg)
![Elder Black man with gray beard in gold and maroon shirt speaks into microphone](https://sites.krieger.jhu.edu/ric/files/2022/11/JHZ0277-682x1024.jpeg)
![Black woman with sparkly jacket and dress over jeans tap dances in front of decorated plinth](https://sites.krieger.jhu.edu/ric/files/2022/11/JHZ0333-683x1024.jpeg)
All photos above by Will Kirk