ABHM Founder’s Day Gathering 2016: Black Voices Matter!

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Some Exhibits to Come – Three Centuries Of Enslavement

Harriet Tubman, "The Conductor," with fugitive slaves in Underground Railroad station

Bibliography – Three Centuries of Enslavement

A 1859 Slave Auction in Savannah, as Reported by the New York Tribune

How Slavery Became the Law of the Land “For Blacks Only”

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.
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African Peoples Before Captivity

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Celebrate Black History Month with an Evening of Arts and Culture

Please join us in celebrating the civil rights legacy of ABHM's founder, Dr. James Cameron, at our Gathering for Racial Repair and Reconciliation. This annual event also serves to build community and raise funds to operate the museum's public programs.

This year’s program, Black Voices Matter! An Evening of Arts and Culture, dramatizes the historic and enduring struggle against violence and oppression by black artists and writers.

When: February 27, 2016
Where: Centennial Hall • 733 N. 8th Street • Milwaukee
Time: 5:00 pm – Doors open

Unveiling of a new museum exhibit by the Milwaukee Public Library
Release, sale and signing of the new illustrated, expanded edition of Dr. Cameron's inspiring memoir, A Time of Terror: A Survivor's Story

6:00 pm – Curtain rises on Black Voices Matter! an ensemble of 3 one-act plays

Safe – performed by the Hansberry-Sands Theatre Company
The Survivor – performed by ABHM Head Griot Reggie Jackson
A Walk with Ida B. Wells – performed by Marti Gobel, Actor/Director/Teaching Artist

Narrator: Robert Smith, UWM Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Inclusion & Engagement
Talk-back Moderator: Eric Von, Milwaukee talk radio show host

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Book Launch & Signing

A Time of Terror: A Survivor's Story will be released to the public for the first time. The book, which retails at $24.99, will be available at an event discount of $20 for 1 copy or $30 for 2 copies, when pre-ordered with a ticket. (If you want more than 2 copies, please write to us at sales@atimeofterror.info.)

Books at the event: A limited number of books will be available for purchase immediately following the performance, so it is best to pre-order books with your tickets by 2/21. Pick up your pre-ordered book at the event by showing your ticket.

The late Dr. Cameron's son, Virgil, will be on hand to sign books, along with the writers (Reggie Jackson, Dr. Robert Smith, Dr. Fran Kaplan) who contributored new material to this expanded edition.

To read excerpts from the book or for more information, click here.

A Time of Terror is published by LifeWrites Press, a project of the Dr. James Cameron Legacy Foundation.

Proceeds from ticket and book sales support the ongoing public programming of America's Black Holocaust Museum.

The Legacy Foundation is very grateful to the Wisconsin Humanities Council, the Milwaukee Public Library, our Corporate Sponsors, and our Community Partners for making this Founder's Day Program possible.