‘After Angelo’ returns on February 21 with a full day of events at Jamestown Settlement
After Angelo
February 21, 2026 • Jamestown Settlement
After Angelo, a one-day program honoring the legacy of one of the first African women mentioned by name in the historical record at Jamestown, is a lively celebration of African American culture and heritage.
After Angelo complements the monthlong Black Artist Showcase on display in Jamestown Settlement’s Great Hall, connecting the past and present through vivid intersections of contemporary art and 17th-century history.
The event culminates Black History Month at Jamestown Settlement and the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown, featuring permanent gallery exhibits, films and interactives that recount the experiences of Africans and African Americans in early America.
Community Art Project
Join us from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. as muralist Clyde Santana leads a community art project in the Robert V. Hatcher, Jr. Rotunda at Jamestown Settlement. All are encouraged to participate!
Using three large sheets of paper that represent the three tiers of our government, visitors are encouraged to create images, words and phrases infused with colors using drawing pencils, crayons and each participants’ imagination that will “Rap The Truth.”
These spontaneously created ideas will be reflected through images and statements created in a group activity and woven into a celebration of hope for tomorrow’s generation.
Panel discussion & poetry
Dynamic programs featuring a panel discussion and poetry recitations begin at 1 p.m., February 21 at Jamestown Settlement.
Join us for a compelling conversation between Travis Harris, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of African American Literature at Norfolk State University and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Hip Hop Studies, and Sidney Rose McCall, a Ph.D. history candidate studying slavery, abolition and the ecological histories and freedom-making practices of Black towns across the American South and beyond.
Harris and McCall will be joined by Lacroy “Atlas” Nixon, an award-winning spoken word poetry performer and Clyde Santana, a muralist, playwright, poet and visual arts instructor for a discussion of art and activism.
The panel discussion will be led by Barbara Hamm Lee, executive producer and host of Another View, a weekly talk show that examines today’s issues from an African American perspective, and airs on the NPR affiliate, WHRV-FM, in Norfolk, Va.
After Angelo programs are included with museum admission.
Jamestown Settlement
2110 Jamestown Road, Route 31 S.
Williamsburg, 23185
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