(Louisville, KY) Reckoning Inc. and Roots 101 African American Museum will hold a news conference to announce a photographic exhibit entitled We Fought for Our Freedom: Kentucky’s African American Civil War Soldiers.
WHAT: We will officially open the photographic exhibit, which will remain at the museum through December 31, 2022. We will also explain that the soldiers featured in the exhibit were all enslaved men from Kentucky who joined the Union Army’s 108th U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment, which was founded in Louisville. The regiment was assigned to a military prison in Rock Island, IL, guarding Confederate prisoners.
WHEN: Thursday, November 10th at 11:00 a.m.
WHERE: Roots 101 African American Museum, located at 124 N. 1st Street, Louisville, KY 40202
WHO: Dan Gediman, Executive Director, Reckoning, Inc.
Denyce Peyton, Kentucky U.S. Colored Troops Project Director, Reckoning, Inc.
Lamont Collins, Executive Director, Roots 101 African American Museum
Descendants of Charles Mudd, a member of the 108th U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment (he is one of five brothers who all served in the Union Army)
VISUALS: We will have a power point during the program, and you will have an opportunity to tour the exhibit
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Visit our website reckoninginc.org
Reckoning, Inc. is 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to examine the legacy of slavery in America, and to create ways for communities to engage with this information through research projects, media productions, educational curricula, online content, and other means.
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