In-Person
Davis Senior High School Keynote Speaker
Davis Senior High School Keynote Speaker, Sacramento, CA *private event
Boone Hall Plantation, Mt Pleasant, SC
Boone Hall Plantation 1235 Long Point Rd., Mount Pleasant, SC, United StatesHosted by the Longpoint Elementary School revitalization program with an information table and book signing.
Literary Festival, Natchez, MS
The Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration takes pride in announcing plans for the 35th annual Celebration. Using the theme, “Rites, Rituals, and Religion in the Deep South,” this humanities conference will explore life and death experiences in a series of presentations on religious traditions, burial rituals, cemetery history, mourning practices, and historic holidays which are […]
Philip Simmons High School Black History Month
Philip Simmons High School Black History Month
Roswell, Georgia
Living History and Consulting event
Jamestown Foundation, Jamestown, VA
Jamestown Foundation, Jamestown, VA book signing event. McGill has a 30-year career in public history. He is the founder of the Slave Dwelling Project, which allows people to sleep in extant slave dwellings to raise awareness and preservation of these often-neglected structures. His new book, “Sleeping with the Ancestors,” was released in 2023. https://wydaily.com/latest-news/2024/01/07/jamestown-settlements-directors-series-returns-for-2024-season/
Fort Moultrie, Sullivans Island, SC
Fort Moultrie, Sullivans Island, SC Living History event
Griffin Spalding Historical Society
Griffin Spalding Historical Society / UGA, Griffin, GA
Juneteenth Celebration
Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, SC 3550 Ashley River Rd, Charleston, SC, United StatesLearn more about the Slave Dwelling Project and the meaning behind Juneteenth. Honor and recognize the Emancipation of those who were once enslaved.
Morris Island, Charleston, SC
Join us on Thursday, July 18, 2024 as we commemorate the 161st anniversary of the Assault on Batter Wagner. The Assault on Battery Wagner on July 18, 1863, was an unsuccessful assault led by the 54th Massachusetts, an African American infantry, famously depicted in the movie Glory. Battery Wagner is located on Morris Island in […]
Born from Conflict: A 17th Century Living History Event – St. Luke’s Historic Church & Museum
The 17th century was a time of violent upheaval and social unrest. St Luke’s Historic Church & Museum will be examining the Colonial conflicts in this living history event with reenactors, a period concert and presentations. Come and enjoy this free event and learn more about the time before our Nation’s founding.
8th SDP Conference
The 8th national Slave Dwelling Project Conference will take place October 3-5 in Philadelphia, PA in collaboration with University of Pennsylvania’s McNeil Center for Early American Studies.