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These Are the Top Books Black Teachers Want This School Year

One journalist asked Black teachers which books they wanted in libraries and classrooms to encourage reading among students.

Slavery’s descendants: America’s family secret

A Reuters report reveals on politicians’ slaveholding ancestors encourages us to think critically about our nation’s past.

Teachers Rail Against Virginia Gov. Youngkin’s Proposed Curriculum Updates

Virginia is the most recent state to consider preventing teachers from educating students about Black history in America.

Governor Murphy Signs Bipartisan Bill Establishing Black Heritage Trail in New Jersey

New Jersey has passed a bill that will create a Black History Heritage Trail dedicated to the state’s historic Black figures.

For many Black Kentuckians and Tennesseans, August 8 is a day to mark freedom

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Some Black Americans recognize and celebrate August 8th as the date when enslaved Americans were finally granted their freedom.

Man arrested for allegedly vandalizing George Floyd statue

Michael Beals has been charged with criminal mischief for defacing the bronze-finished bust of Floyd on Oct. 3 in Union Square Park.

The panic over critical race theory is an attempt to whitewash U.S. history

In the same week when Juneteenth became a national holiday, schoolteachers in Texas, where the commemoration originally marked the end of slavery in that state, could teach about these events only at their peril. An author of the original Critical Race Theory explains the consequences of “erasing” the truth about our country’s history.

Why History Museums Are Convening a ‘Civic Season’

The Smithsonian Institute’s American History Museum decided to re-create the training experience of the nonviolent direct action workshops like those Reverend James Lawson had begun in 1959 in Nashville where he taught Ghandian tactics to eventual movement leaders like John Lewis and Diane Nash. Read about how complicated histories can be exhibited in museums in new, highly engaging ways and watch a 20 min. video of that play and audience participation.

The Freedom-Lovers’ Roll Call Wall

ABHM calls on people everywhere to work for liberty and justice for all. Stand with us by signing our Freedom Lovers’ Pledge. Let others know of your commitment by putting your name (and photo if you’re willing) alongside other Freedom Lovers on our Roll Call Wall. Thank you!

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Events Calendar Facility Rental Share The Original Brick-and-Mortar Museum (1984-2008) America’s Black Holocaust Museum was founded in 1984 in a Milwaukee, Wisconsin storefront by Dr. James Cameron, the only known…