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From 2017 – 2020, public historian Sophia V. Nelson, documented the following images which are included in this video:
• Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Jr. statue at Los Angeles Staples Center
• Professor and Cultural Historian, Jamal Tourè, performing at 2018 Sugar Cane Festival in Riceboro, Georgia
• Zora Neale Hurston historic market in St. Augustine, Florida
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Street Walking Tour in Selma, Alabama
• 2017 Juneteenth Celebration in Atlanta, Georgia
• Display at Pocahontas Island Museum in Petersburg, Virginia
• Ray Charles Memorial in Albany, Georgia • 2016 John Coltrane International Jazz & Blues Festival hat
• Re-enactors and guests at Fort Mose Historic State Park in St. Augustine, Florida
**Content contributor submission, Jenn P. in Brooklyn, New York
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Birth Home in Atlanta, Georgia
• Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. Collected on the day of late Congressman John Lewis funeral service
• National Voting Rights Museum roadway sign (Selma, Alabama)
• Jackson Ward Historic District mural in Richmond, Virginia
• Hippodrome Theater in Richmond, Virginia
• African American Civil War Museum in Washington, DC with visitor Geronimo C.
• Spirituals album part of The Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission collection
• a guest at the Nat Turner Library annual Black Books Awards & Festival. The library is located in Petersburg, Virginia