Africa to Carolina Exhibit Acknowledgements
Members of the Africa to Carolina Advisory Board Current
Dr. Anna Agbe-Davies
Associate Professor, Anthropology Department, University of North Carolina
Ayla Amon
Curator of Social and Political History, North Carolina Museum of History
Ramona Bartos
Director, Division of Historical Resources, N.C. Office of Archives and History
Dr. Joseph Beatty
Research Supervisor, N.C. Office of Archives and History
Tracey H. Burns
Deputy Secretary for Diversity, Accessibility, Equity, and Cultural Inclusion, N.C. Department of Natural & Cultural Resources
Sharon Bryant
African American Outreach Coordinator, Tryon Palace
Ann Chinn
Founder and Executive Director, Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Marker Project
Jaki Shelton Green
North Carolina Poet Laureate
Dr. Lynn Harris
Associate Professor, Department of History, Maritime Studies Program, East Carolina University
Karen Hayes
Site Manager, Somerset Place State Historic Site
Bob Hopkins
Site Manager, Edenton State Historic Site
Earl Ijames
Curator of African American History, North Carolina Museum of History
Dr. Valerie Ann Johnson
Chair, North Carolina African American Heritage Commission, Dean, School of Arts, Sciences, and Humanities, Shaw University
Michelle Lanier
Director, Division of State Historic Sites and Properties
Charles “Chuck” LeCount
Deputy Director, Division of State Historic Sites and Properties
Dr. Sarah Mead Leonard
Research Historian, Division of State Historic Sites and Properties
Jim McKee
Site Manager, Brunswick Town/Ft. Anderson State Historic Site
John Mintz
State Archaeologist, N.C. Office of State Archaeology
Dr. Nora Reber
Associate Professor, Anthropology Department, University of North Carolina Wilmington
Laura Rogers
Site Manager, Bath State Historic Site
Dr. Melissa Stuckey
Assistant Professor, History Program, Elizabeth City State University
Dr. Darin Waters
Deputy Secretary, N.C. Department of Natural & Cultural Resources
Katherine White
Deputy Director, North Carolina Museum of Art
Former Advisory Board Members
Kawan Allen
Dr. Kevin Cherry
Members of the North Carolina African American Heritage Commission
Institutional Partners
• Eastern Carolina Foundation for Equity and Equality, Inc.
• Facilitate Movement, LLC
• Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Marker Project
• North Carolina Maritime Museum, Beaufort
• North Carolina Museum of Art
• North Carolina Office of Archives & History
• North Carolina Office of State Archaeology
• North Carolina State Historic Sites
• Tryon Palace
Community of Practice
• Richard Barton
• Phil Bicking
• Janeen Bryant
• Melody Hunter-Pillion
• Kyun Hur
• Kimberly Kandros
• Kyma Lassiter
• Adrienne Nirdé
• Amber Pelham
• Matt Provancha
• LeRae Umfleet
• Angela Thorpe
• Tamara Watkins
Community of Care & Inspiration
• Ann Chinn
• Jaki Shelton Green
• John Whit Franklin
• Michelle Lanier?
• Sarah Mead Leonard?
• Jim McKee
• Dorothy “Dot” Redford
• Participants in Africa to Carolina Community Meetings (2019)