Dr. Tara Dudley leads a tour that includes the newly restored NCHM Slave Quarters
NCHM Juneteenth Celebration
June 22nd, 2024
On June 22nd, 2024, the Neill-Cochran House Museum welcomed over 600 visitors to a day of celebration and reflection. Tours of the newly restored and re-interpreted NCHM Slave Quarters building shed new light on the stories of the people who built Austin.
Fellowship and Song
Distant Relatives provided a wonderful lunch and the gospel group Christopher D. Spivey & Co. filled our hearts with song. Buffalo Soldier living historians shared fascinating insights on the all-Black cavalry troops. And we ended the day with an opening reception for the premier exhibition of Sarah Bird’s exhibition of 1970s Black rodeos, A Juneteenth Rodeo.
Images from The NCHM Juneteenth celebration:
event sponsors
Reckoning with the past Sponsors
RECkoning with the past DONORS
RECKONING
The Still Water Foundation
RESTORER
Cathy Brown
Marian Casey
Jane Hilfer and Alec Rhodes
Susan and Bob Morse
CULTURAL AMBASSADOR
Joyce Statz
GENERAL
Ms. Andrea Abel
Ms. Anissa Allbritton
Ms. Susan Altgelt
Ms. Rebekah Dobrasko
Ms. Judy Farrell
Ms. Allison Kaylor-Flink
Ms. Suzanne Labry
Ms. Cynthia Leigh
Mr. Charles Mandelbaum
Mrs. Virginia Miracle & Mr. Jed Miracle
Ms. Sue Moss & Mr. Craig Bell
Dr. Karen Pope
Ms. Penny Riordan
Ms. Mary E. White
Mr. Wendell Williams