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Christy Coleman, Living History Interpreter and Manager, Talks Story with Bill Gwaltney and Tim Merriman
Manage episode 435695069 series 3465212
A Native of Eatonville, Florida, Christy Coleman grew up in the shadow of African American anthropologist and writer Zora Neale Hurston. As a teenager in 1982, wanting to become an actor, she accepted a summer position as a character actor for an enslaved woman named Rebecca at Colonial Williamsburg.
Her growing enthusiasm for History led her to a Bachelor of Arts degree as well as a master’s degree in museum studies.
Becoming the first female Director of African American Interpretation at Williamsburg, Coleman led and participated in a reenactment of a slave auction, which has become legendary.
Coleman later became President of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, and later became the Director of the American Civil War Museum at Tredegar in Richmond, Virginia.
Leaving Richmond in 2019, Christy is now the Executive Director for the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation.
An unstoppable force in Public History and Interpretation, Christy Coleman has an unforgettable story and shares it with Tim Merriman and Bill Gwaltney on Reflections on Interpretation: Talking Story with Guides and Interpreters.
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Christy Coleman, Living History Interpreter and Manager, Talks Story with Bill Gwaltney and Tim Merriman
Reflections on Interpretation: Talking Story with Guides and Interpreters
Manage episode 435695069 series 3465212
A Native of Eatonville, Florida, Christy Coleman grew up in the shadow of African American anthropologist and writer Zora Neale Hurston. As a teenager in 1982, wanting to become an actor, she accepted a summer position as a character actor for an enslaved woman named Rebecca at Colonial Williamsburg.
Her growing enthusiasm for History led her to a Bachelor of Arts degree as well as a master’s degree in museum studies.
Becoming the first female Director of African American Interpretation at Williamsburg, Coleman led and participated in a reenactment of a slave auction, which has become legendary.
Coleman later became President of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, and later became the Director of the American Civil War Museum at Tredegar in Richmond, Virginia.
Leaving Richmond in 2019, Christy is now the Executive Director for the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation.
An unstoppable force in Public History and Interpretation, Christy Coleman has an unforgettable story and shares it with Tim Merriman and Bill Gwaltney on Reflections on Interpretation: Talking Story with Guides and Interpreters.
https://timfmerriman.podbean.com/
#timmerriman #interpretationservices #interpretation #heritageinterpretation #LivingHistory #LivingHistoryEnthusiast #HistoricalReenactment #HistoryReenactment #AfricanAmericanHistory #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMatters #ColonialWilliamsburg #AmericanHistory #AfricanAmericanHeritage #BlackStoriesMatter #BlackColonialHistory #BlackVoicesInHistory #AfricanAmericanStorytelling
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