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NEWS RELEASE: Abele Issues $100K Challenge Grant to Support New ABHM!

ABHM has received a $100,000 Challenge Grant from philanthropist Chris Abele, who is also Milwaukee County’s Executive. He will match every dollar donated or pledged between now and February 25, 2019 – the birthdate of museum founder Dr. James Cameron. This announcement includes links for making online donations and pledges.

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About Tours & Events at ABHM

                        Ready soon, but not quite yet… As our new building has been rising in Milwaukee’s Bronzeville on the…

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Help 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.

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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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Highly 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.

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See 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.

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Protecting history: Meet MKE’s rare books librarian (and ABHM Board member)

Maria Cunningham is Milwaukee Public Library’s new Rare Books Librarian and a member of the Board of Directors of the Dr. James Cameron Legacy Foundation, which operates ABHM. She talks about her early fascination with rare books and what excites her about the job.

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ABHM’s Reggie Jackson Receives “Eliminating Racism Award”

The YWCA of Southeast Wisconsin presents ABHM Head Griot Reggie Jackson with its 2015 Eliminating Racism Award at its annual Evening to Promote Racial Justice. Included is Reggie’s bio and story of how he became involved in this work.

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ABHM Exhibit Featured in German High School Textbook

A school book publisher located in Hannover, Germany, will reprint ABHM exhibit “The Education of Black Children in the Jim Crow South.” It will appear in their new book for high school students learning English, called “Abi-Box Englisch Niedersachsen2017 II.”

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ABHM Celebrates Dr. Cameron’s 100th Birthday with Racial Reconciliation Gathering

On Sunday, February 23, 2014, more than one hundred Milwaukeeans and a dozen others from around the country gathered at Centennial Hall to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr.…

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