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b'Join \\xa0Zann Nelson and Elizabeth Chew for a discussion on\\xa0the following topics:\\n\\nAfrican American research in Virginia: (challenges, what works, successes)\\n\\nWhy is it important?\\xa0\\n\\nHow Montpelier\'s African American heritage project differs from other plantations and how it relates to the ongoing discussions about the Constitution.\\n\\nZann Nelson is\\xa0an award-winning freelance writer specializing in African American historical investigations. She is the former\\xa0president of the preservation nonprofit organization, Friends of Wilderness Battlefield, Inc., the current president of History Quest,\\xa0co-founder of the African American Heritage Alliance, and is currently the Consultant for \\u201cThe African Americans of the Montpelier Community Project.\\u201d\\n\\nElizabeth Chew is Vice President for Museum Programs at James Madison\'s Montpelier. She has worked in the museum field for thirty years, focusing on the interpretation of women\'s and African American history. At Monticello, where she was Curator for 13 years, she co-organized, with Rex Ellis, the exhibition "Slavery at Jefferson\'s Monticello: Paradox of Liberty" for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. \\xa0At Montpelier, she oversees the documentary and archaeological research into the identities and stories of the enslaved people on the plantation.'