Uncrowned Queens 2002 Past Events and Picture Gallery

Date	Description
November 15-16, 2002	Second annual conference, Commemorating Our Past, Preserving Our Present, Sustaining Our Future.
November 9, 2002	Buffalo Urban League 2002 Gala, Uncrowned Queens co-chairs received the Community Service Award.
October 20, 2002	Uncrowned Queens held a book signing to meet the authors of Uncrowned Queens: African American Women Community Builders of Western New York, Volume I.
Summer 2002	African American Ancestral Heritage Tour at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Sponsored by the Afro-American Historical Association of the Niagara Frontier and Forest Lawn Cemetery.
July 22, 2002	Celebrate Women in Faith Uncrowned Queens participated in this program sponsored by the Interfaith Women and the Commission on Women and Society of the Catholic Diocese.
May 4, 2002	For Sisters Only Expo
May 4, 2002	The International League of Muslim Women, Inc.'s Annual Grandmother, Mother and Daughter Tribute.
May 3, 2002	Afro American Historical Association of the Niagara Frontier, Inc. held its 26th Annual Family History Dinner at the New Golden Nugget restaurant on Fillmore Avenue, Buffalo, New York.
April 2002	Western New York Heritage Press, Inc. published an article by Barbara Seals Nevergold, Co-chair, Uncrowned Queens, which focuses on her father's photography. The article is entitled *Fantastic Color and Special Effects: Seals Ebony Studio. Barbara's father is the late Rev. Willie B. Seals. About 15 photographs taken from the Rev. Seals collection appear with the article. For further information on how to obtain a copy of this story, as well as subscribe to the Western New York Heritage magazine contact: Western New York Heritage Press, Inc.* 495 Pine Ridge Heritage Boulevard Cheektowaga, NY 14225-2503 Phone: (716) 893-4011 Fax: (716) 893-4013 E-mail: wnyheritage@buffalo.com
April 11, 2002	Peggy Brooks-Bertram, adjunct professor of African American studies, lectured on the life of Rev. William Dungy as part of a series of events coordinated by the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences surrounding the campus visit of historian James Oliver Horton. Dr. Bertram discussed the life of Rev. William Dungy, a former Virginia slave who escaped to Canada. Read a newspaper story about this event.
March 23, 2002	St. Philip's Episcopal Church honored Uncrowned Queens and St. Philip's Women's Ministries during a Service of Thanksgiving.
March 15, 2002	Uncrowned Queens co-chair's Peggy Brooks-Bertram and Barbara Seals Nevergold were panelists on a panel entitled World's Fairs: Discovering the Pan Am 1901 during the 32nd Popular Culture Association and 24th American Culture Association Annual Conference which took place in Toronto, Canada.
March 14, 2002	Uncrowned Queen Eunice Ashman Lewin was inducted into The Western New York Women's Hall of Fame. The Women's Hall of Fame "honors those women in perpetuity who have worked in a public spotlight, as well as those who have quietly enriched the community and inspired others" An entry for the Uncrowned Queens project appeared in the Women's Directory that was handed out at the New York Women's Hall of Fame affair.
February 24, 2002	Uncrowned Queens co-chairs Barbara Seals Nevergold and Peggy Brooks-Bertram received the Education Award from Xi Epsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. during the organization's annual Founders' Day Luncheon. The award is in recognition of the co-chairs' contributions and commitment to excellence in enhancing the quality of life for others through the Uncrowned Queens project.
February 23, 2002	Tops Supermarket, Grant Street and Amherst, Buffalo, NY. Uncrowned Queens co-chairs were on-site to give an historical background of the Uncrowned Queens project.
February 23, 2002	The Mary B. Talbert Club hosted its twenty-eighth Annual Banquet and fund-raiser. During the banquet, co-chairs Peggy Brooks-Bertram and Barbara Seals Nevergold were the 2002 recipients of the Community Service Award for their "creativity, hard work and commitment to the Uncrowned Queens project."
February 20, 2002	Dr. Peggy Brooks-Bertram, Uncrowned Queens Co-chair, traveled to the Brant County Historical Society in Ontario, Canada to present a follow-up lecture on John William Dungy.
February 16, 2002	Tops Supermarket, Thruway Plaza, Harlem and Walden Avenue, Cheektowaga, NY. Uncrowned Queens co-chairs were on-site to give an historical background of the Uncrowned Queens project.
February 15, 2002	Uncrowned Queens Celebrates One-Year Anniversary
February 9, 2002	Tops International Supermarket, Maple Road, Amherst, NY. Uncrowned Queens co-chairs were on-site to give an historical background of the Uncrowned Queens project. They also distributed bookmarks, displayed the Web site, and handed-out nomination forms for future Uncrowned Queens.
February 7, 2002	Uncrowned Queens conducted a Workshop for Buffalo School Librarians at the Emerson Commons. The workshop included an overview of the Uncrowned Queens Web site and suggested ways the site could be used to teach local history.
February 4, 2002	Uncrowned Queen Eva Noles was interviewed on WGRZ-Channel 2, by Claudine Ewing during the 6:00 PM news as part of Black History Month.
January 30, 2002	Uncrowned Queens co-chairs Barbara Seals Nevergold and Peggy Brooks-Bertram were interviewed and appeared in a documentary developed by Rich Newberg, Mylous Hairston, and Don Dawkins of WIVB-Channel 4 entitled *Beyond the Road to Freedom*.