Reconciliation

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Joshua Glover Plaque
Some Exhibits to Come – Three Centuries Of Enslavement
Harriet Tubman, "The Conductor," with fugitive slaves in Underground Railroad station
Bibliography – Three Centuries of Enslavement
Slave Auction Poster
A 1859 Slave Auction in Savannah, as Reported by the New York Tribune
slaves in cotton field
How Slavery Became the Law of the Land “For Blacks Only”
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Frederick Douglass: “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro”
The Scourged Back: This slave named Gordon ran for 80 miles to join the Union Forces in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in March 1863. This famous photo of the welts on his badly "scourged back" was taken while he was being fitted for a uniform.
The Scourged Back: How Runaway Slave and Soldier Private Gordon Changed History
"Contrabands": During the Civil War, thousands of slaves escaped their owners in the South by getting to Union Army camps. Thus freed, many continued on to settle in the North.
The Freedmen of Wisconsin
This woodcut, published in 1831 with a story about the Southampton Rebellion, was titled "Horrific Massacre in Virginia."
Nat Turner’s Rebellion: Horrific or Heroic?
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Traces of the Trade: The North’s Complicity in Slavery
A man stands in front of the Djingareyber mosque on February 4, 2016 in Timbuktu, central Mali. Mali's fabled city of Timbuktu on February 4 celebrated the recovery of its historic mausoleums, destroyed during an Islamist takeover of northern Mali in 2012 and rebuilt thanks to UN cultural agency UNESCO. TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY SEBASTIEN RIEUSSEC / AFP / SÉBASTIEN RIEUSSEC
African Peoples Before Captivity
Shackles from Slave Ship Henrietta Marie
Kidnapped: The Middle Passage

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"Reconciliation" is one of America's Black Holocaust Museum's four themes, which serve as pillars in our virtual museum. While redemption focuses more on personal actions and growth, reconciliation is a multifaceted societal ideal involving positive relationships between the Black and non-Black communities. Racial reconciliation requires honesty and openness as we examine and acknowledge the harm caused by racism and adjust society and our attitudes to end present harm and move closer to equality.

Our founder, Dr. James Cameron, encouraged us to remember and to speak honestly and respectfully about our shared racial history,  believing this would lead to racial reconciliation.

Many events and breaking news articles continue to showcase this theme as Black Americans break stereotypes and barriers to success.

The Freedom-Lovers’ Roll Call Wall

July 9, 2019

ABHM calls on people everywhere to work for liberty and justice for all. Stand with us by signing our Freedom Lovers’ Pledge. Let others know of your commitment by putting your name (and photo if you’re willing) alongside other Freedom Lovers on our Roll Call Wall. Thank you!

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Georgia Police Chief, Other White Leaders Apologize for 1940 Lynching

January 26, 2017

The police chief of Lagrange, Georgia, along with the city’s mayor and the white business community, issued an apology to the Callaway family and the NAACP for the 1940 lynching of teenaged Austin Callaway. A commemorative ceremony and memorial plaque will be placed to honor Callaway and other victims of lynchings in the county.

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Peering Through White-Rimmed Glasses: A Letter to My Fellow White Americans

November 29, 2016

A long-time white anti-bias educator and activist finds that her fellow white Americans are increasingly eager to understand America’s racial hierarchy and their part in it. A discussion of the roots and impacts of the White Racial Frame and what white people can do about it.

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The Long Afterlife of a Lynching

May 4, 2016

Karen Branan returns to her ancestral home in Georgia to discover the truth behind the lynching of three black men and a black woman in 1912 – including the complicity of her family. She tells the story in a new book, The Family Tree.

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The 2014 Gathering for Racial Repair and Reconciliation – Live!

July 1, 2014

A video series of presentations by scholars and activists at ABHM’s 2014 Gathering for Racial Repair and Reconciliation.

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Racial Repair and Reconciliation: How Can We Achieve Them?

June 29, 2014

The exhibit provides an overview of the topic through text and videos. It samples processes for repair and reconciliation in use around the country, along with links to books, videos, and websites for deeper understanding and action.

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Racial Repair and Reconciliation: A Homecoming

March 20, 2014

ABHM’s Virtual Museum Director reflects on her experiences at the Gathering for Racial Repair and Reconciliation honoring the museum’s founder, Dr. James Cameron.

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Service Seeks Reconciliation Over 1916 Lynching

July 28, 2013

Hundreds gathered in a small town church in Abbeville, South Carolina, known as the the birthplace of the Confederacy. Descendants of Anthony Crawford and descendants of his lynchers joined in a service of apology, forgiveness and reconciliation for that lynching and other racial injustices that took place there nearly a century ago.

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Voting Rights for Blacks and Poor Whites in the Jim Crow South

September 15, 2012
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From about 1900 to 1965, most African Americans were not allowed to vote in the South. White people in power used many methods to keep black people from voting. Some of these methods also prevented poor white people from voting. Today there are still laws and customs that make it harder for African Americans, other minorities, and some whites to vote.

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