The Historian and Certified Tourism Ambassador

Cee Cee LOVES SHARING HISTORY, SHAPING HUMAN EXPRESSION, and EXPOSING VISITORS/AUDIENCE MEMBERS to HISTORICAL TOURIST ATTRACTIONS and MUSEUMS in the USA and BEYOND!

*Cee Cee’s HISTORICAL RESEARCH FOR SPEECHES &  THEATRICAL PRESENTATIONS

Cee Cee is not only an avid, qualitative researcher of history, but she takes that history and creates eye-opening historical speeches and presentations. She exposes the lesser-mentioned and hidden figures of African-American (as well as Afro-Canadian, Hawaiian, and West African) history whose narratives and contributions are many times over looked but are incredibly powerful and invaluable. Cee Cee sings in many styles from Gospel and Broadway to operatic arias and includes the old Negro spiritual songs in her presentations. She explains the educational depth of the lyrics and even teaches the  the various methods of escape through symbols on her handmade educational Freedom Seekers Quilt. Enjoy the edutainment of Cee Cee Michaela.

Her presentations are great for the following:

• Public and Private Schools
• Museums
• Historical Sites and Houses
• Churches
• Organizations
• Conferences
• Educational Gatherings
• Opening Act For Other Historical Narrative Authors
• Guest Presentation For Fundraisers

Grant-Friendly

Cee Cee’s presentations are grant-friendly in many areas such as: performing arts, history, education, and even literary as she wrote every one of her monologues as well. Her historical narrative collection (sixth book) will be available soon. This book will make a great educational treasure or meaningful souvenir to take home with you after her performance. She loves doing book signings after her presentations.

Pictured above: Broadway/Historic Actress, Cee Cee, as a union soldier/spy during the Civil War.

Where Do We Start?

Cee Cee’s theatrical presentation can be customized to your liking and needs. Simply choose the character/s of your choice (#createashow)!  She can be a…

• A quick opening act
• A powerful welcome monologue at your event
• A historic drama presentation at your church
• An amazing  theatrical/historic addition to any  fashion show, festival, expo, or conference
• A full 1 hour or more theatrical presentation with a Q and A session

 CEE CEE’S HISTORIC FIGURE ACTING REPERTOIRE

Her Current List of Historical Icons ( Both Male and Female) That She Presents are as Follows:

*Cee Cee’s LIST OF HISTORICAL PLACES FOR RESEARCH

The Countries

• Canada
• Bahamas
• St. Lucia
• Jerusalem
• England
• France
• Switzerland
• Brussels
• Amsterdam
• Barcelona
• Japan
• Italy
• Croatia
• Dubrovnik
• Greece
• Brazil
• Mexico
• Puerto Rico and Hawaii (USA)

*Cee Cee’s Visits to Historic Sites and Landmarks for Research

• The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York, NY/Harlem
  • The Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial in New York, NY
  • The Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture in Washington, DC
  • The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC
  • National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, TN
  • The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration in Montgomery, AL
  • Rosa Parks Museum located at Troy University in Montgomery, AL
  • The Harvey Gantt Museum in Charlotte, NC
  • The Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site in Flat Rock, NC
  • The 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama
  • Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Founded in 1877. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., lead the congregation from 1954-1960.
  • The Sterling High School Students’ Woolworth Sit-in Sculpture in Greenville, SC
  • Historic Greenville County Courthouse- site of the 1947 Willie Earle trial. While Earle was awaiting trial, Earle was kidnapped and murdered by 31 white men located on Main Street in Greenville, SC Note: the site is now a bookstore.
  • The Biltmore House in Asheville, NC
  • The American Revolution Museum at Yorktown in Yorktown, VA
  • Jamestown Settlement ( the re-creation of three ships) in Williamsburg, VA
  • The Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond, VA
  • The Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, VA
  • The Valentine Museum in Richmond, VA
  • The 1812 John Wickman House in Richmond, VA
  • The Maymont Mansion in Richmond, VA
  • The bronze “Headman” statue on Brown’s Island which depicts a James River boatman and commemorates blacks’ contributions to the commerce in Richmond, VA.
  • The Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia in Richmond, VA
  • The American Civil War Center At Historic Tredegar in Richmond, VA
  • The Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA.
  • The Lest We Forget Slavery Museum (collection of J. Justin Ragsdale and wife/curator, Gwen Ragsdale) in Philadelphia, PA
  • The Johnson House Historic Site in Philadelphia, PA
  • The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center in Church Creek, MD
  • The Brodess Farm Marker in Bucktown, MD
  • The Bucktown Village Store in Bucktown, MD
  • Carolina Belle Cruise along the Cooper River in Charleston, SC
  • Creole Queen Cruise along the Mississippi River with view of the Domino Sugar Factory in New Orleans, LA
  • Riverfront Canal Cruise along the James River in Richmond, VA
  • The Museum in Black (collection of Brian Breye) in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, CA Note: Mr. Breye passed and in 2005 the museum closed.
  • The Lucy Florence Gallery in Leimert Park, Los Angeles, CA
  • Museu De Arte Do Rio in Rio De Janero, Brazil
  • The Valongo Wharf/Slave Port in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
  • The Thomas Jefferson Bronze Statue sculpted by Jean Cadot located within the 7th Arrondissement in Paris, France.
  • Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum and Peace Park in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
  • The Frederick Douglass and Isaac Myers Maritime Park in Baltimore, Maryland
  • The Reginald F. Lewis Museum in Baltimore, Maryland
  • The National Blacks In Wax Museum, Inc. in Baltimore, MD
• Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, VA
• The Maggie L. Walker Historic site in Richmond, VA
• Polynesian Cultural Center in Honolulu, Hawaii
• Iolani Palace in Honolulu, Hawaii
• Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii
• Punahoe School in Honolulu, Hawaii
• Lumpkin’s Slave Jail Preservation Site and Historical Burial Ground in Richmond, Virginia
• Reconciliation Triangle Statue in Richmond, Virginia
• The American Civil War Center in Richmond, Virginia
• The African American Civil War Museum in Washington, DC
• The Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Park in Washington, DC
• Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site in Washington, DC
• The Frederick Douglass National Historic Site in Washington, DC
• Kennett Friends Meeting House (Quaker Community/Education) in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
• Harriet Tubman-Thomas Garrett Statue in Wilmington, Delaware
• Henricus Historical Park in Chester, Virginia
• Wolf Creek Cherokee Museum and Tribal Center in Richmond, VA
• Historic St. Johns Church in Richmond, VA
• The John Marshall House and Museum in Richmond, VA
• Virginia Museum of History & Culture in Richmond, VA
• Aiken Rhett House in Charleston, South Carolina

The Plantation Visits (Research)

• George Washington’s Mt. Vernon Plantation/Estate along the Potomac River (8,000 acres) in Mt. Vernon, Virginia
• Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello Plantation (5,000 acres) in Charlottesville, SC
• The Boone Hall Plantation (738 acres) in Pleasant, SC
• The Latta Plantation ( cotton plantation on a 62 acre farm, total of 1,343 acres) on Mountain Island Lake (formed by the Catawba River) in Huntersville, NC
• The Berkeley Plantation along the James River (1,000 acres) in Charles City, VA
• The Archibald Smith Plantation Home in Roswell, GA
• The Shirley Plantation along the north bank of the James River (700 riverfront acres) in Charles City, VA
• The Magnolia Plantation and Gardens (390 acres) in Charleston, SC
• The Hopsewee Plantation (a rice plantation along the North Santee River- 13,000 acres originally; now, 70 acres) in Georgetown, SC
• Brookgreen Gardens (1,600 acres) and the lowcountry plantation river tour on a 48-foot pontoon in the creek with actual alligators in the water located in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina

• Middleton Place in Charleston, SC
• Drayton Hall in Charleston, SC – originally 76, 000 acres
• McLeod Plantation in Charleston, SC

*The GIVER

Cee Cee’s List of Philanthropic Support to Historical Sites, Cemeteries, Memorials, Park Organizations, Universities, and National Educational Programs

#sowingseedsforhistoricalneeds

# donationsmatter

-The Boston Conservatory of Music/At Berklee- Boston, MA

*Cee Cee is a 1992 graduate of the Musical Theater Dept.- BFA in Musical Theater

-UNCSA- University North Carolina School of the Arts- Winston-Salem, NC

Cee Cee was awarded the honorable Terry Sanford Scholarship and studied at UNCSA in her early collegiate years.

-The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington , DC

*In 1995, Cee Cee performed with  5-time Grammy Award winning Ladysmith Black Mambazo. They are considered  South Africa’s Musical Ambassadors and have performed for the Pope, Queen of England, and their performance with Paul Simon is still the most requested Sesame Street segment in history!

The Maggie L. Walker Historic Site – Richmond, VA

The Evergreen Cemetery- Richmond, VA

Reginald F. Lewis Museum- Baltimore, MD

National Park Service

#findyourpark-“celebrating 103 years of caring for America’s natural, cultural, and historical treasures.”

National Park Foundation

Find Your Park Movement

Barack Obama Elementary School- Richmond, VA – in support of renaming the school from a confederate general to the 44th President of the United States. #yeswecan

*The MEMBER

Cee Cee’s List of Memberships at Fabulous History Museums and Societies across the USA

*Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Schomburg Society-  Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia

Note: This beautiful Victorian-style building has gorgeous turrets (towers) and terra cotta crenellations and friezes much like the architecture of the buildings or castles in England. Thank you, John T. Mitchell Jr. for lobbying ten years, in order for this building to be constructed by African Americans (Armstead Walker) for our African-Americans in the armed services. In 1895, the armory served as headquarters of the First Battalion Virginia Volunteers Infantry and African-American soldiers during WWII. 

Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts and Culture

Drayton Hall- Experience the “Port to Plantation” Presentation

*The Historical Pilgrimage to CANADA

Hosted by Certified Tourism Ambassador, Cee Cee Michaela

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