The 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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My First Visit to ABHM

A Milwaukee man treasures his visit to the earliest (1988) version of ABHM, his talk with founder James Cameron, and the book signed by Cameron to him with love.

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¿Qué es el Holocausto Negro?

La historia de más de 400 años de los capturados africanos y sus descendientes tiene muchas similaridades con las experiencias del Holocausto de los judíos europeos – y otros víctimas de atrocidades masivas. Esta exposición explica aquellas similaridades y las razones por las cuales el fundador de ABHM creía que es importante usar la palabra “holocausto” en su título.

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

The theme of ABHM Founder’s Day Gathering on February 27, 2016 is “Black Voices Matter!” This evening of arts and culture dramatizes the historic and enduring struggle against violence and oppression by black writers and artists. ABHM’s annual Founder’s Day Gathering for Racial Repair and Reconciliation celebrates the civil rights legacy of Dr. James Cameron, builds community, and raises funds to operate the museum’s public programs.

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What Is The Black Holocaust?

The four hundred-year history of captured Africans and their descendants has many similarities with the Holocaust experiences of European Jews – and other victims of mass atrocities. This exhibit explains those similarities and the reasons that ABHM’s founder believed it important to use the term “holocaust” in its title.

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Scholars sketch bleak economic picture for black Americans

By Michael A. Fletcher, The Washington Post Scholars gathered for the African American Economic Summit at Howard University on Friday sketched an alarming picture of the financial ills afflicting the black community even as the nation recovers from the recession. The white-black wealth disparity is more than 20 to 1. Black homeownership has declined. Black…

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Elmer Jackson – Working Man, Beloved Son and Brother

Warren Read, great-grandson of one of the Duluth lynchers, and author of The Lyncher in Me, provides information about Mr. Jackson’s life. Mr. Read did extensive research about the victims and searched for their relatives. He was able to meet Elmer Jackson’s relatives.

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