Bench By The Road Project
"A Bench by the Road"
The Bench by the Road Project is a community outreach initiative launched on the occasion of Toni Morrison's 75th Birthday. The Society, with the support of foundations, corporations, and individuals, will place ten steel benches at unmarked sties in African American history that have significance in African American history or in Morrison's novels. Each bench will include an inscription on a bronze plaque detailing the significance of the site. In July 2008, the first bench of the Bench by the Road Project was placed during the Fifth Biennial at a site on Sulllivan's Island, the point of entry for nearly 40 percent of enslaved Africans who entered North America during the TransAtlantic Slave Trade. Six-foot benches, including a naming plate and bronze description plaque, will be placed for a contribution of 5,000; 4-ft benches with naming plate and bronze description plaques will be placed for $4,000.
1st Bench By The Road Placement
As part of the events of the Fifth Biennial Conference of the Toni Morrison Society held July 24-27, 2008 in Charleston, South Carolina, we made our first bench placement with Toni Morrison in attendance on Sullivan's Island, the point of entry for most Africans entering the U.S. during the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The bench placed on Sullivan's Island is a black steel bench with a brass TMS inset. The Bench placement ceremony also included an historical description of the site and its significance in the history of Charleston and the history of African Americans in the United States.
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