Wmsbg Racial Healing Event: Speakers discuss slavery ties, Bush link. Free.

The Virginia Racial Healing Institute will host its fourth annual Journey to Racial Healing on Saturday, June 21, from 1-4 p.m. at the Stryker Center in Williamsburg. The free event features speakers Charles Holman III and Bill Sizemore discussing their family ties to slavery. Holman is a Black lawyer and genealogist whose ancestor was enslaved by the Bush family ancestors. Sizemore is a white retired journalist whose ancestor enslaved people. The event includes refreshments and access to a Juneteenth art exhibit. Registration is required to attend.

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