The Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project (MPCPMP) needs your financial help to continue working with local communities in the U.S. on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts to commemorate African ancestors and to install Middle Passage history markers.

Your support goes to support the installation of markers, commemoration ceremonies, and our educational programming. Recent programming includes:

February 2026 Black History Month Series: Middle Passage History 101
November 2025 Interview with Tara Roberts: Written in the Waters: A Memoir of History, Home, and Belonging
Aug 23, 2025: Freedom Ship Webinar for the United Nations-designated International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition with Dr. Marcus Rediker and Corey Walker. View the full webinar on YouTube.
Aug 24, 2025: Installation of a Marker in Bristol, RI.
February 2025 Black History Month Series: Unsung Heroes

Remembering Ancestors

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