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School teacher Warren Read never suspected that the beloved great-grandfather he had put on a pedestal had actively taken part in murdering three young African Americans in Duluth, MN in 1920. His discovery of the truth shook him and sent him on a journey to rebalance his world.
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Some stories of the thousands of slaves who freed their families by escaping to Union lines. Why and how they came to settle and thrive in rural Wisconsin.
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Alex Haley, author of Roots and other groundbreaking racial texts, was born in Ithaca in 1921.
Read More >America’s Black Holocaust Museum’s International Advisory Committee is made up of highly experienced people from around the world who contribute their wisdom, networks, and other resources to build and strengthen…
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The system of basing slavery on a person’s race did not occur in the first years of European settlement in America. However, by the 1660s, slavery was instituted and reserved for Africans only. How did this happen?
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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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Octavia Butler, whose work was first published in the 1970s, is known as the first Black woman to write science fiction.
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A children’s television show offers representation and sends an inspiring message that is typically in short supply.
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A Florida judge revoked George Zimmerman’s bond after discovering the man accused of murdering Trayvon Martin lied about his finances.
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In a new PBS special, comedian and actor Wanda Sykes looks into her family’s history, which includes slavery.
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