{"id":1883,"date":"2022-01-28T11:13:05","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T16:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/?p=1883"},"modified":"2023-08-28T10:56:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T14:56:22","slug":"media-coverage-of-ritual-of-remembrance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/2022\/01\/28\/media-coverage-of-ritual-of-remembrance\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Coverage of Ritual of Remembrance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The first Ritual 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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/2022\/01\/08\/ritual-of-remembrance-announced-for-1-21\/\" target=\"_blank\">community gathering<\/a> on January 21st highlighted new research findings about the enslaved people who lived on the site of the Homewood campus and honored the legacy of Black labor in building the institutions of today. It featured remarks by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday-project\/\" target=\"_blank\">Billie Holiday Project<\/a> associate director Kali-Ahset Amen and Blanks Jones, music by Urban Foli, traditional dance, libations to remember ancestors, and a performance by first-year JHU student Yasmine Bolden. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please check out the coverage:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>January 2022,&nbsp;<em>WBAL-TV 11 News<\/em>:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wbaltv.com\/article\/ritual-of-remembrance-black-history-culture\/38888130\" target=\"_blank\">Ritual of Remembrance Honors Black History, Culture<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>January 2022,&nbsp;<em>On the Record, WYPR<\/em>:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wypr.org\/show\/on-the-record\/2022-01-26\/shining-light-on-enslavers-in-congress-and-honoring-those-held-in-bondage\" target=\"_blank\">Shining Light on Enslavers in Congress and Honoring Those Held in Bondage<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>January 2022,&nbsp;<em>JHU Hub<\/em>:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hub.jhu.edu\/gallery\/2022\/01\/24\/urban-foli-ritual-of-remembrance\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Tribute to Homewood\u2019s History<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>January 2022,&nbsp;<em>JHU Hub<\/em>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/hub.jhu.edu\/2022\/01\/21\/ritual-of-remembrance-enslaved-at-homewood\/\">Honoring the Humanity of Enslaved People at Homewood<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>February 2022, <em>Hard Histories<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/hardhistoriesjhu.substack.com\/p\/a-ritual-of-remembrance-on-the-jhu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Ritual of Remembrance on the JHU Homewood Campus<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/WKB8607.jpg\" alt=\"Procession of people during Ritual of Remembrance led by Urban Foli drummer.\" class=\"wp-image-1895 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/WKB8607.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/WKB8607-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/399;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/WKB8607.jpg\" alt=\"Procession of people during Ritual of Remembrance led by Urban Foli drummer.\" class=\"wp-image-1895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/WKB8607.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/WKB8607-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ritual of Remembrance procession led by Urban Foli drummer Menes Yahudah and Kali-Ahset Amen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/JHZ4417.jpg\" alt=\"Ritual of Remembrance procession led by Urban Foli drummer and Kali-Ahset Amen\" class=\"wp-image-1893 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/JHZ4417.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/JHZ4417-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/400;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/JHZ4417.jpg\" alt=\"Ritual of Remembrance procession led by Urban Foli drummer and Kali-Ahset Amen\" class=\"wp-image-1893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/JHZ4417.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/JHZ4417-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ritual of Remembrance procession led by Urban Foli drummer Menes Yahudah and Kali-Ahset Amen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/WKB8425.jpg\" alt=\"Ritual of Remembrance dancing with woman in blue outfit and hands and face raised to the sky.\" class=\"wp-image-1890 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/WKB8425.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/WKB8425-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/399;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/WKB8425.jpg\" alt=\"Ritual of Remembrance dancing with woman in blue outfit and hands and face raised to the sky.\" class=\"wp-image-1890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/WKB8425.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/WKB8425-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Baltimore community member Amari Grant joins in a collective improvised performance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/WKB8514.jpg\" alt=\"Ritual of Remembrance dancing with woman in blue smock with white shawl and arms stretched like wings...\" class=\"wp-image-1888 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/WKB8514.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/WKB8514-300x199.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/398;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/WKB8514.jpg\" alt=\"Ritual of Remembrance dancing with woman in blue smock with white shawl and arms stretched like wings...\" class=\"wp-image-1888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/WKB8514.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/WKB8514-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">First-year Africana studies student Yasmine Bolden improvises dance steps in her performance role as an ancestor of Homewood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/WKB8491.jpg\" alt=\"Ritual of Remembrance dancing with woman in black clothes and arms stretched toward sky..\" class=\"wp-image-1887 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/WKB8491.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/WKB8491-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/399;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/WKB8491.jpg\" alt=\"Ritual of Remembrance dancing with woman in black clothes and arms stretched toward sky..\" class=\"wp-image-1887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/WKB8491.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/WKB8491-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lorraine Smith of the Black Faculty and Staff Association dances in the Ritual of Remembrance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/WKB8559.jpg\" alt=\"Ritual of Remembrance banner with named Kelly Miller added by Jasmine Blanks Jones\" class=\"wp-image-1894 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/WKB8559.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/WKB8559-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/399;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/WKB8559.jpg\" alt=\"Ritual of Remembrance banner with named Kelly Miller added by Jasmine Blanks Jones\" class=\"wp-image-1894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/WKB8559.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/WKB8559-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ritual of Remembrance banner with name Kelly Miller added by Jasmine Blanks Jones <br><br>Kelly Miller was the first African American student to enroll at JHU. Miller left JHU after two years and completed his studies at Howard University, where he earned a PhD in Mathematics.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/Ritual-of-Remembrance-2.jpg\" alt=\"List of names of enslaved people at Homewood and small stone with one name painted on it, William Ross\" class=\"wp-image-1885 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/Ritual-of-Remembrance-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/Ritual-of-Remembrance-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/399;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/Ritual-of-Remembrance-2.jpg\" alt=\"List of names of enslaved people at Homewood and small stone with one name painted on it, William Ross\" class=\"wp-image-1885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/Ritual-of-Remembrance-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/Ritual-of-Remembrance-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ritual of Remembrance list of names of enslaved people at Homewood. <br><br>William Ross (c.1787, Annapolis, MD \u2013 d. unknown, probably Philadelphia, PA) was the enslaved manservant to Charles Carroll of Homewood. He was a husband to Rebecca Ross (life dates unknown), and a father to Richard (b. 1812, Baltimore, MD \u2013 d. unknown) and Mary (b. 1814, Baltimore, MD \u2013 d. unknown). After resisting his enslavement in 1809 by running away, he returned to Homewood until 1816. By 1850, the Ross family was found in the US Census living as freed citizens in Philadelphia\u2019s Spring Hill neighborhood.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/JHZ4451.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Inheritance Baltimore team holding Ritual of Remembrance banner.\" class=\"wp-image-1892 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/JHZ4451.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/JHZ4451-300x200.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/400;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/JHZ4451.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Inheritance Baltimore team holding Ritual of Remembrance banner.\" class=\"wp-image-1892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/JHZ4451.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/files\/2022\/01\/JHZ4451-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inheritancebaltimore.jhu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Inheritance Baltimore<\/a> team holding Ritual of Remembrance banner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">All photos above by Will Kirk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first Ritual of Remembrance, co-organized by RIC Postdoctoral Fellow Jasmine Blanks Jones and Inheritance Baltimore Community Arts Fellow Jeneanne Collins, received excellent media coverage. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":279,"featured_media":1885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[94,107],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/279"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1883"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2573,"href":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883\/revisions\/2573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/ric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}