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The Fourth Ward Cookout
August 31 @ 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Fourth Ward Celebration
August 15, 2024
You’re invited!
Greetings! I am Octavia Rainey, a Raleigh Historian. I would like to invite you to an event series to learn more about the Fourth Ward neighborhood you live in.
The history goes back to the Cannon Planation. The Cannon family land was located near the railroad track and sold to freedmen. The Fourth Ward neighborhood was once a thriving African American neighborhood that was destroyed in the mid-1960s by urban renewal. The Fourth Ward is the name of our neighborhood, and we must maintain the name of our neighborhood.
The City of Raleigh has a long-standing history of supporting activities that celebrate the rich history and cultural heritage of the city’s neighborhoods both past and present.
This weeklong celebration is an excellent opportunity to come out and meet your old neighbors, talk about the past, and learn about the future of the Fourth Ward.
Please join me at any or all of the six Fourth Ward Celebration events listed below. I’m looking forward to seeing you there.
August 26 – September 1 Events
Monday, August 26, 6p.m. – 7p.m.: A Celebration of Mount Hope Cemetery Fourth Ward, Mount Hope Cemetery, 120 Prospect Avenue
Wednesday, August 28, 6p.m. – 8p.m.: Kickoff of the Fourth Ward Exhibit at the City of Raleigh Museum, 220 Fayetteville Street (Exhibits will run through Sunday, Sept. 21 2024)
Thursday, August 29, 6p.m. – 8p.m.: The Fourth Ward Meet and Greet, at the Raleigh Pathways Center, 900 S. Wilmington Street (Additional parking is available at the Memorial Auditorium, 2 E. South Street)
Friday, August 30, 6p.m. – 8p.m.: A session on Restrictive Covenants, the African Enslaved Project, and Black Land Loss, Dorothea Dix Chapel, 1030 Richardson Drive
Saturday, August 31, 1p.m. – 5p.m.: The Fourth Ward Cookout, Roberts Park, 1300 E. Martin Street Sunday,
September 1, 4p.m. – 6p.m.: Gospel Extravaganza – The Five Black Churches of The Fourth Ward –
Black Neighborhood Expo, Fletcher Hall, 2 E. South Street
Octavia Rainey
RSVP to: Octavia Rainey, Octavia_Rainey@yahoo.com
