By Dr. George F. Reed The New Chesapeake Men for Progress sponsored its Black History Month Program February 18, 2023, in the Buffalow Family and Friends Multipurpose Center, Chesapeake, Virginia. The program was billed as a “must see and hear” based on the historians that would speak.  Featured speakers included Calvin Pearson, Founder and President of Hampton’s Project 1619; Audrey Landell Perry Williams, President, Hampton Roads Branch, Association for the Study of African-American Life and History; Dr. Ella P. Ward, President of Cornland School Foundation and Chesapeake City Councilwoman; and Ms. Brenda H. Andrews, Owner and Chief Editor of the New Journal and Guide. The Program was moderated by Dr. George F. Reed, member of the Black History Month Planning Committee, who briefly commented on why we celebrate Black History Month. He explained three major ways enslaved Blacks resisted their enslavement to include rebelling against their enslavers; running away; and performing small, daily acts of resistance, such as slowing down work. Edward R. Hicks, New Chesapeake Men for Progress, provided the invocation followed by the Pledge of Allegiance led by James Young, secretary, New Chesapeake Men for Progress. Captain Michael Malone and his wife Delphin Malone led the singing of the Negro National Anthem. Clifton Randolph, President, New Chesapeake Men for Progress, introduced the Honorable Richard West, Mayor, City of Chesapeake, who welcomed guests to the event followed by welcomes from Randolph and David K. Hamilton, Vice Chairman, The New Chesapeake Men for Progress Education Foundation, Inc. Herman L. Ward, Director and Chairman of the Black History Month Planning Committee, explained the occasion for this event and welcomed all guests. Speaker: Mr. Calvin Pearson Mr. Pearson began his speech by clarifying the difference between his Hampton Project 1619 which was founded in 1994, and the Pulitzer Prize winning author Nichole Hannah Jones’ New York Times “The Project 2019” created 25 years later.  His project, he noted, was and is the original Project 1619 which he created to tell and commemorate African-American history. In his speech, Pearson noted several inaccurate accounts of history as told by others.  He said that most history books and Jamestown organizers list Jamestown as the entry point of slaves in Virginia. Most people who visit the Jamestown tourist site with that understanding. Factually, Fort Comfort, now Fort Monroe, was the site the first 20 Africans landed in Virginia.  Pearson said that Jamestown historians literally deleted Point Comfort, but through research that disproved their narrative, they have changed their information to now reflect Point Comfort as the site where the first Africans landed in Virginia.   In his speech, Mr. Pearson dispelled the notion that Africans were heathens. In fact, he said, those brought to America were the “best Africans” who were skilled farmers, Blacksmiths, craftsmen, and herders.  Many of the Europeans were men liberated from jails, shelters, and off the st