Posts by dr_fran
Ceremony Of Remembrance Commemorates Brutal Lynching One Hundred Years Ago
A racially diverse group of citizens of Memphis TN holds a ceremony and erects a marker memorializing the very brutal lynching of Ell Persons exactly one century ago.
Read MoreYes, You Can Measure White Privilege
How the advantages conferred by white privilege show up in economic differences between white and black people in four areas: education, employment, income, and spending.
Read MoreJune 2017
A listing of educational programs presented by ABHM griots in June 2017.
Read MoreMay 2017
Listing and descriptions of educational programs presented by ABHM in May 2017.
Read MoreHighly Valued ABHM Exhibit Saved for Future Generations
The slave ship cargo hold exhibit, which had been built into the building formerly housing America’s Black Holocaust Museum, was disassembled piece by piece and saved for restoration in the new museum, just before demolition was to begin on the old building.
Read MoreApril 2017
Listing and descriptions of community education programs presented by ABHM in April 2017.
Read MoreSee Award-Winning Film & Support ABHM!
The Milwaukee premiere of an award-winning film, “Service To Man,” will raise funds for ABHM on March 26, 2017 at the Varsity Theater in Milwaukee.
Read MoreGeorge Marshall Clark
George Marshall Clark was 22 years old when he was murdered. He had been a barber, a trade he learned from his father, George Sr., who ran his business on Wisconsin Avenue. Clark resided with his friend, James Shelton, near 5th and State Streets. Shelton and Clark were arrested together, but Shelton escaped being dragged…
Read MoreAustin Callaway
Austin Callaway 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 MoreGeorgia Police Chief, Other White Leaders Apologize for 1940 Lynching
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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