Posts by dr_fran
ABHM Seeks Part-Time Executive Assistant (Apply by August 17, 2018)
Job Opening: The nonprofit, Dr. James Cameron Legacy Foundation is seeking a skilled and detailed oriented part time Executive Assistant to assist with the administrative duties associated with the reopening of America’s Black Holocaust Museum. Apply by August 17, 2018.
Read MoreTrailblazing America’s Black Holocaust Museum poised to reopen
By Mary Louise Schumacher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Near the end of his presidency, Barack Obama stood in front of one of the most spectacular museums ever erected on the National Mall and spoke about embracing hard truths. “Yes, a clear-eyed view of history can make us uncomfortable,” he said at the opening of the Smithsonian National Museum…
Read MoreWhose Heritage? Public Symbols of the Confederacy
This extensive report, including an executive summary, data, maps, and findings, describes the history and locations of monuments to the Confederacy around the country. It details the current controversy surrounding their removal.
Read MoreGeorge Scott
Oscar-winning Screenwriter from Milwaukee to Direct “The American Way”
John Ridley, who won an Academy Award for writing “12 Years a Slave,” is adapting his “The American Way: Those Above And Those Below” comic series exploring racial issues through the superhero genre.
Read MoreA Short Video History of the Long History of Terror Lynchings
This exhibit features a video along with many links to resources that can help you better understand the phenomenon of lynchings. The video give a brief but very complete explanation of how and why racial terror lynchings took place and how they set the stage for current racial injustices.
Read MoreLige Daniels
On August 3, 1920, the body of Lige Daniels, an African-American teenager, hung in the main square of Center, a small town near the border between Texas and Louisiana. The image of Lige on the cover of a lynching pictorial, Without Sanctuary, has received world-wide notoriety since first published by two white Atlantans, James Allen and John Littlefield. These lynching photographs were often made into postcards and sold as souvenirs to the crowds in attendance.
Read MoreNurturing Diversity Partners
_Nurturing Diversity speaker contract fill exprmt For more info, contact dr.fran (at) nurturingdiversity.us
Read MoreHelp Bring ABHM Home! Museum’s New Space Rises in Bronzeville
ABHM announces its restoration as a physical museum. A $7 million capital (building fund) campaign will enable the museum to be housed on its former site but on the ground floor of a brand new apartment building in Milwaukee’s historic Bronzeville neighborhood.
Read MoreThe History and Impact of ABHM
An overview of the impact ABHM has had locally, nationally and internationally since its founding in 1984 – as a museum with and without walls.
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