It is a Great Day in McCormick!
Come Celebrate with us McCormick County's
101th Anniversary (1916 to 2017)
Observe
War is never good but we must teach our youth to honor veterans, spouses and the families or all wars or they will not honor the veterans of any war.
National Confederate Month
April 1st - April 30th, 2017
SC Wild's Heritage Center
of Plantation Quilts
201 S. Main Str. * McCormick, SC 29835 USA
Call (803) 618-2250 to schedule your visit
Located In the Historic McCormick Train Depot
Thanks to SC Relic Room Archives
for the information and Handouts
Come Learn with Us
Visit our SC Mineral & Mining in the Region Exhibits
Heritage Class Schedule:
Saturdays: 9:30 am:
Candy making class $10.00
Saturdays 10: 30 am:
Soap making class -$10.00
Saturdays 11: 30 am:
Quilting Class $10.00
12:00 - 2:00 pm Free Arts & Crafts for patrons
Please call to reserve your space in the class:(803) 618-2250
Drop-ins Welcomed
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Mrs. Teresa R. Kemp was Speaker@the Center Spring/Summer 2017
at SC State Library 1500 Senate Street, Columbia, SC for a Book Discussion of Keeper of the Fire: An Igbo Metalsmith From Awka
Listen for the podcast:
SC State Librarian
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Human Rights & Trafficking
Friday- June 2st, 2017
9:30 am - 12:00 am
Educational Sessions for
Law Enforcement, Educators,
Human Rights/Trafficking Advocates
Healthcare workers, Truckers,
Domestic Violence/child abuse professionals
Educational Session will be held at
SC Wild's Heritage Center
201 S. Main Street * McCormick, SC 29835
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 pm
Tour of SC Wild's Heritage Center & Documents
the collection of former enslaved
Abolitionist Peter & Eliza Farrow
SC Wild's Heritage Center of Plantation Quilts™
Guest Speakers:
Wilder Ferreira 
Clemson University Extension Service,
Freshwater Coast Community Foundation
Matt Wiggins
SC Business Development Center's Lander University Greenwood, SC
Please RSVP
For Registration for Phone: (803) 618-2250
More Information call or Email:
trkemp@PlantationQuilts.com
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Check out the latest activities of
Lucinda J. Clark of the Poetry Matters Project
Let us assist you with Social Media presence, publishing your work, improving your performance of your poetry!
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World History * SC History * Black History
with
Children's Coloring & Painting Activity:
* Donations Accepted *
RSVP to Ms Teresa R. Kemp (803) 618-2250
UGRR Secrets of the Quilts * Classes *
Crafts * Military History Exhibits *
John Rhodes Mining Discussions *
International Displays & More
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July 1st -August 1, 2017
"Let Freedom Ring Exhibition"
Join us
July 7th, 2017 for Exhibit Opening Reception
Come see legislation from around the world on abolitishment of slavery.
Also Underground Railroad Messages in the Music
"Quilts of the Farrow McDaniel Strother Family"
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I Have Chosen Education As A
Bridge to Understanding
I can't change my ancestor being taken
from Anambra State, Nigeria
but I can provide education & relief.
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Holiday on Main 
Visit our Holiday Quilts Exhibition at SC Wild's Heritage Center December 2nd, 2017
Join us to make a Ginger Bread village &
Holiday Decorations
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“WWI Lunch and Learn” Session
on February 26, 2016 at 12:00 noon
https://www.crr.sc.gov/calendar?e=311
For more information click here or call
Mr. Joe Long Phone: 803-737-8095 or
Mrs. Teresa R. Kemp
(803) 618-2250 or (404) 468-7368
Free & Open to the Public
Handicapped Accessible * Free Parking
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Thank you for Joining me!
AUTHOR APPEARANCE
Book Discussion on Biafra Radio 24
Visit my blog UGRRQuiltCode.Blogspot.com for updates.
It was Saturday 3/27/2015
Radio Biafra 24 (From London)
11:00 am EST or 3:00 pm GMT
I learned a lot during the
book discussion of
"Keeper of the Fire:
An Igbo Metalsmith From Awka".
It documents my family history from West Africa to
America for slavery and the passing down of that
history 187 years in America to me.
My family sewed African patterns &
symbols into quilts (textiles) in America
that were used as maps and information to assist
enslaved Africans to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
The book contains vast resources for you
to document your community, an event or
your family history. Document the on-going journey of your area.
Research, document and tell your own story
don't complain about what someone else has done.
Thank you for coming out!
March 7th, 2015
at Medu Bookstore
Greenbriar Mall Atlanta, GA
(Visit our Blog for notes for discussion)
Book Signing For the "Keeper of the Fire" &
Jamel's Deep Sea Adventure
I gave out Family History Free Handouts
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Thank you for coming to raise
money for their Sam & Edith Johnson Scholarship Fund.
The "African Diaspora Experience"
Feb. 7th & Feb. 22nd, 2015
The Black History Breakfast went great!
At Hillside Presbyterian Church
Dont forget to contact us with
your comments or questions.
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I will be skyping with an 8th grade Ohio class this week!
They have been sewing an
UGRR Secret Quilt Code Textile.
I can't wait to see it!
Call about your class joining us today!
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Thanks for Joining me at Medu Bookstore
in Greenbriar Mall Atlanta, GA
2841 Greenbriar Pkwy. SW, Atlanta, GA 30331
March 7th, 2015
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Author Meet & Greet
with Book Signing was informative.
For more information call
Nia at Phone:(404) 346-3263
Visit www.MeduBookstore.com
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Thanks to Bernice Bennet radio
host & all of you who tuned in
to the Research at the National Archives & Beyond Radio
interivew 1/15/2015 and the 800+ listeners who followed along on
our UGRRQuiltCode.Blogspot.com
If you missed it CLICK HERE
To everyone who
Tuned in Thursday Jan. 15th, 2015!
I appreciated your questions & comments.
To Kick off 2015 with Genealogy Talk Radio
I discussed the PROCESS of DOCUMENTING
& TYPES OF DOCUMENTS
How We Documented Our
Oral African Family History
that resulted in a 5 generation work:
Visit our Blog:
UGRRQuiltCode.Blogspot.com
for the documents, photos & sources
given on the radio programs
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Thank you to all who came to the
"African Diasporan Experience"
Hillside Presbyterian Church
Feb.7th, 2015
Scholarship Fundraiser * Exhibit * Book Signing
Black History Breakfast Feb. 22nd, 2015
I learned a lot about inventions.
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The Columbus Urban League &
the 1,000th graduate will be presented with a
copy of the new book
"Keeper of the Fire:
An Igbo Metalsmith From Awka"
Get Our New Book Today!
Black & White Version is out
Click on the gift below to get discounted
rate of either version!
Mrs. Teresa R. Kemp
Authors Page
Forewords by
Serena M. Strother Wilson & Dr. Johnston A. K. Njoku
(Click book or links below for more info or to order)
Full Color Copy (480) Cost: $89.95
Black & White (480 pages): $29.95
Jamel K. Thomas Joyce is the Illustrator of the book
"Keeper of the Fire: An Igbo Metalsmith From Awka"
& Co-Author of
Jamel's Deep Sea Adventure"
9 yr. old Jamel K. Joyce's Louise Nevel's
Box Sculpture was in the
All-District Art Show at Bexley, OH
Cassinham Higschool Complex
Opening Reception was in the Art Wing
Oct. 7, 2014 - Nov. 7, 2014
Spring into your new year and join Ms. Kemp in
Columbus, Ohio location
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Watch for the dates of the exhibitions at
OSU in 2015 & 2016
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Mrs Teresa Kemp was a guest on
the Gist of Freedom's Radio Program
Sunday Sept 21, 2014
"The Black History Internet Radio show,
The Gist of Freedom is Still Faith.
Research Links discussed can be
seen at http://ugrrquiltcode.blogspot.com/
They include: Freedman Bureau, Library of Congress,
Slave Name Data Base, Slave ship Voyages DataBase
and many more primary sources used in our Research
Last night we were blessed with having the most
dynamic Underground Railroad
historian on our show!
Mrs. Teresa Kemp brilliantly weaves the Underground Railroad experience to African traditions.
Please take a listen for yourself,
and I'm sure you will agree.
Please click the link/ Run Away advertisement below.
Check out thier other sites some of the
most informative I have found!
Karlton Jones has a new album out - Check it out!
His Strother line is Milton & Martha Strother -
John & Mary Stother -
Belva (Strother) Marlin -
Leave him a note!
Bernice A. Bennet & co-authors Harris Bailey, Jr.
Ellen L. Butler, Ethel Dailey, Vincent Sheppard
have published a book with early Edgefield, SC stories.
Click the book for more information & to buy the book.
Dr. Johnston A. K. & Mrs Njoku were honored
and given a title at the 1 World Arts & Cultural Festival
for the work done on his new book that traced the Slave Routes
out of Nigeria to the Coast. "From Freedom to Freedom"
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On-line "American Civil War History"
Interview & Discussion:
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Look Back at 2014 Events:
Dec. 10th COMBA Networking Event
Dec. 11th, 2014 AAMI Awards Program
Thanks for joining us at the
Quilt Show in Chattanooga, TN
September 9th - 17th, 2014
UGRR Secret Quilt Code Quilts in
"KEEPER OF THE FIRE EXHIBIT:
AN IGBO METAL SMITH FROM AWKA"
At
Tennessee Temple Univeristy's Lee Roberson Student Center
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Benefiting the
Proposed International Women's Recovery Ctr.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Free Parking * Handicapped Accessible
- Free UGRR Arts & Crafts
- Free Teacher handout
- Free Family History Forms
- Free Fabric Swatch
Thank you CGLA Charter School we had 6 groups of classes!
We Welcomed All
American Quilt Society (AQS) Quilt Week
Convention Attendees * Vendors * Sponsors * Staff
Missed it send a contribution:
A Better Way Counseling, Inc.
402 Kilmer Street * Chattanooga, TN 37404
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July 1st -August 1, 2014 July Dawn Exhibition went Great!
"Quilts of the Farrow McDaniel Strother Family"
Atlanta Fulton County Pulic Library in Atlanta, GA
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Meet me, Mrs. Teresa Kemp
to get your signed copy of
"Keeper of the Fire:
An Igbo Metalsmith from Awka"
at the
3rd WORLD IGBO FESTIVAL OF ARTS & CURTURE
July 28th- 230th, 2016
Staunton, VA at the Frontier Museum's Igbo Village
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Thank you to the Athens, GA Quilt Club for having me with the Keeper of the Fire Trunk Show!
Atlanta Fulton County Library
November 1-30th, 2015
"Sacrafice & Service Miltiary History
Exhibit & Programs
Free Gallery Activities for Guest
Honoring our Veterans
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Serena Wilson's UGRR Sampler Quilts
were on display in the
Ephusus Liturgical Art Exhibition
May 4, 2014 From 4 - 7 p.m.
Ephesus Seventh-day Adventist Church in Columbus, OH
We had over 700+ people view the
"UGRR Secret of the Quilts Exhibit"
at the Covina Library Feb, 5 - 8th, 2014 in Covina, California
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For the Kaiser Permanente
Atlanta Regional Doctors & Nurses
"Underground Railroad Secrets of the Quilts Exhibit"
We used our family history slavery to
"Sound the alarm" on modern day
Human Trafficking
The 2014 Kaiser Permanente Health Fair
March 1, 2014 Atlanta was great!
We learned showed many guest the benefits
of knowing your family medical geneaology found in death certificates like this one (below)
Hosted by the KPAAPA
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Congratulations!
DR. NWACHUKWU ANAKWENZE
A RECIPIENT OF ‘IFE NDIGBO’ TITLE
FROM THE ANCIENT NRI KINGDOM
NIGERIA AFRICA ON FEBRUARY 15TH, 2014
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On Sunday, February 16, 2014 5:28 PM,
DR. NWACHUKWU ANAKWENZE
A RECIPIENT OF ‘IFE NDIGBO’ TITLE
FROM THE ANCIENT NRI KINGDOM ON 15TH FEBRUARY, 2014.
NRI ancient kingdom in Anambra state came alive on 15th February, 2014
when His Royal Majesty Eze Obidiegwu Onyeso celebrated the annual ‘IGU ARO’
festival. Personalities from different parts of the world graced the occasion
in an event that can easily pass as the best ‘IGU ARO’ celebration of all times.
His Royal Majesty Eze Obidiegwu Onyeso (Nri Enwelana II)
used the opportunity to honor an illustrious son of
Igbo land in the person of Dr Nwachukwu Anakwenze.
In his coronation speech Igwe Onyeso stated that Nri kingdom recognizes
the contributions of Dr. Anakwenze in giving focused
leadership and direction to the Igbo nation.
Dr. Nwachukwu Anakwenze received the title of ‘’IFE NDIGBO’’
as a beacon of light for NDIGBO which is reflected in his
membership of the board of trustee of Igbo village in the
Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia, USA.
He is the first and only black member of the Board of Trustee
in the frontier culture museum of Virginia.
In another recent development, Ohanaeze Ndigbo appointed
Dr. Nwachukwu Anakwenze as the
Chairman of Ohanaeze Ndiigbo Diaspora Committee
(Leader of Ndiigbo in Diaspora).
Other chieftaincy recipients during the “IGU ARO” festival are:
1 Dr. Innocent Chukwuma (OFR) Chairman of Innoson Group of
companies ltd. As (okpuzo-ndigbo).
2. Dr. Ramas Asuzu. (Odenigbo ndigbo)
3. Chief kindness Ogom Ezeanyaeche (Anyanwu-ututu ndigbo)
4 Chief Emma Okocha (Onyeamuma ndigbo)
5 Chief Joe Martin Uzodike (Akanemeze ndigbo).
6 Chief Ifeoma Nwawulu) Adaejiejemba.
7 Ignatus Nnubia (Anya Ndigbo
Dr. Nwachukwu Anakwenze is the Chairman of Igbo World Assembly(IWA),
as well as the Chairman of Anambra State Associations World Wide
(ASA-World). He had previously received the following titles;
Okaa omee na Abagana, Omeligbo na Agulueri and
Ike Ndi Igbo na Idu Eri Kingdom.
Godwin Ofole Igbo World Assembly/ ASA World Representative in Nigeria.
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CONGRATS TO MEGAN!
WHO'S THESIS WAS JUST ACCEPTED AT HARVARD!
We assisted her by participating in her survey about a
museum's role with diverse economic
and/or homeless populations.
She has only started to scratch the surface on what
can/will be done to further the museum work with
economically diverse audiences.
Her intent was to showcase multiple access points
of engagement so that museums might find a model
or idea that could fit for their institution.
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Congrats to Emma Baumgardner !
Iowa 6th grader who won her Eddiesville, Iowa
Elementary School & City History Fairs
We give copies of documents &
photos your student can make A's.
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Click on the pix below for Photo Album of the
4th Annual Cornbread Jubilee - Celebration of Bread
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The 2014 Strother Family
Bi-Annual Conference
Was 17-19th, 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Visit www.wmstrother.org for more information.
This site recognizes the early migration of Strother family
members to the southeast states of North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama.
The Atlanta History Center is the depository for
the Henry and Arthur Pryor Strother
ledgers and book collections.
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"RE-EMERGING: The Jews of Nigiera"
Click Here for Full Details of each Screening
(http://re-emergingfilm.com/Screenings.html)
Director Jeff Lieberman contact: info@re-emergingfilm.com
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Kenucky UGRR Station
I ran into a man in Columbus, OH on a research field trip.
He promised he would send me photos of his
daugter's building used on the UGRR in Kentucky!
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Visit & Like Howard Wilson Memorial
Photo Album on Facebook
UGRR Secret Quilt Code Museum
Thank You for your Prayers & Condolences
It is with Great Sadness & Joy We Honor Them
Click link below for
Freedom Sounds Newsletter
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Over 100 Joined Us in Columbus, Ohio for
"Memories Pieced Together Exhibit"
Honoring the Quilting Legacy of
Mrs. Serena Strother Wilson &
her quilting buddies & Quilters for Christ
The Parish House Quilters &
Mrs. Teresa Kemp &
Barbra Spull of the M.L. King Arts Complex
spoke to a group of members of the
Broad Street Preysbeterian Church
in Columbus, Oh
Visit this website for events
http://www.igboworldassembly.org/
Teresa Kemp shared her family's legacy &
was given a new name
Osinachi means ("God has returned a gift")
at the Frontier Museum in Staunton, VA USA
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Allied Families
Please send me your photos
to insert in the 2014 Family Newsletter
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This is my
"Every Day is a Holiday-Finding
Quilted Gifts"
(I know you will want
to keep it for yourself) :-)
Visit OBA Quilts is a great find for
One-of-a-Kind Gifts
http://obaquilts.com/sewon/Issue15.html
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Milestones in our Lives
Celebrate the Lives & Homegoing of:
My first cousin Dr. Ophelia DeVore-Mitchell
Click on links below to access stories on
Ophelia's life & achievements:
Dianna Carrol, Cicely Tyson & many more
got their start at her NY School.
She will be missed!
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Dr. Hazo Carther and his wife Judge Charter on right
The late Dr. Howard & wife Serena Strother Wilson,
Also Dr. Samuel Washington, Archie Dent,
Freddie Strother, Clarence DeVore, Nina Robinson, Archie Dent
Donald Young Sr., Acie McGee, Leroy Eley,
Al Thomas, Ruth Kemp Phillips
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