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It Pays to Be a Jerk? Not if You’re Black!

In a new article in The Atlantic, jerks are highlighted as the real stars of the corporate world. But corporate “jerks” might not be so cool if they weren’t also white and male.

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Shaking the Family Tree: My Journey of Recovery, Repair and Renovation

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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The 2014 Gathering for Racial Repair and Reconciliation – Live!

A video series of presentations by scholars and activists at ABHM’s 2014 Gathering for Racial Repair and Reconciliation.

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The Freedmen of Wisconsin

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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On This Date in History: Alex Haley Was Born

Alex Haley, author of Roots and other groundbreaking racial texts, was born in Ithaca in 1921.

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International Advisory Committee

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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How Slavery Became the Law of the Land “For Blacks Only”

slaves in cotton field

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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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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This Day in Black History: Science Fiction Writer Octavia Butler is Born

Octavia Estelle Butler

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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Black doctors see hope in TV’s ‘Doc McStuffins’

Doc McStuffins with Stuff in a scene from Disney Junior's animated series "Doc McStuffins"

A children’s television show offers representation and sends an inspiring message that is typically in short supply.

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