NEWS
The BCDA was recently a proud partner with Preservation North Carolina, Classical American Homes Preservation Trust, and Bellamy Mansion Museum to host the Black Builder and Craftspeople Symposium in Wilmington, North Carolina, November 4 – 5, 2022
The event included two days of conversation, networking and research focused on the history and interpretation of Black craftspeople in the Southeast
The BCDA was featured alongside several resources to understand America’s long and tragic history of racial oppression and injustice.
Ben Miller, host of the Curious Objects Podcast, interviewed Dr. Tiffany Momon about the BCDA and an armchair constructed by enslaved craftsmen on Leonidas Polk’s Leighton Plantation in Louisiana
