Archive for February 2012
Lawsuit claims Obama can’t be president because he’s ‘mulatto’
The arguments against Barack Obama’s presidential candidacy show how alive and well racism is in the United States.
Read MoreABHM Exhibits at MATC!
America’s Black Holocaust museum and Milwaukee Area Technical College have joined forces for a unique exhibit.
Read MoreBlack Male Student Success in Higher Education: A Report from the National Black Male College Achievement Study
According to participants in this study, many of them had never before been asked about their college experiences and success.
Read More“Mc Stinkyn–ger”: Racist Receipt Suit Settled
Instead of going to trial in front of a jury, Mark McHenry’s federal case alleging racism against restaurant workers has been settled.
Read MoreCivil Rights Activist Myrlie Evers-Williams Pens Letter In Support Of ‘The Help’
Myrlie Evers-Williams, who presented Octavia Spencer with an award for the The Help, explains why the movie deserves its accolades.
Read MoreThe Man Who Would End Black History Month
Filmmaker Shukree Hassan Tilghman filmed a documentary to show why Black history deserves more than just a month of recognition.
Read MoreGriots At The Museum
Griots are the oral historians of West Africa, who travel from town to town as living newspapers, carrying in their heads an incredible store of local history and current events. At ABHM we call the curators of our exhibits “griots,” because they tell our history and respond to visitors’ comments and questions in the Comments section at the foot of each new exhibit.
Read MoreLynching Links
Visit other sites to see works of art, theater, film, and new media, as well as an exhibition of lynching souvenir postcards. Find ancestors who were lynched through several genealogy sites.
Stay tuned….More links will be added as exhibits are added to the Jim Crow Gallery.
Read MoreAustin Porter
Austin Porter Share Special Exhibits The Freedom-Lovers’ Roll Call Wall Stories Behind the Postcards: Paintings and Collages of Jennifer Scott Risking Everything: The Fight for Black Voting Rights Portraiture of Resistance Memorial to the Victims of Lynching Freedom-Lovers’ Pledge Echoes of Equality: Art Inspired by Memphis and Maya Explore Our Galleries African Peoples Before Captivity…
Read MoreClaxton Dekle – Prosperous Farmer, Husband & Father of Two
Mr. Dekle’s great-great-nephew shares details about what was lost by members of his immediate and extended family when Uncle Clax was murdered.
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